Loss of Innocence (and Arrogance)

There's a saying I've heard in self-help and twelve step programs that basically means you will learn more about yourself if you continue to do the work: "More shall be revealed ..."

I've always been a very confident person when it comes to my ability to adapt to work, and always felt that as long as there were challenging problems to solve, I'd have no problem finding work. And while I am highly skilled, I have come to believe that I have been very lucky, and I may have therefore been a bit arrogant about my abilities.
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PMI PMP Application project

Today I finally finished updating my application for the PMI PMP certification. I used a spreadsheet to gather all of the information that I needed for the forms that you can see here.

The process of filling out the application turned out to be a lot more involved than I had expected it to be for a number of reasons.

My original thought was that I would be able to use information from my resume as a starting point. That turned out to be much more difficult for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the resume is far too condensed to contain individual project start and stop times.

So my fallback plan (part of my risk management plan for my PMP quest) was to wade through my timesheets and emails to get as detailed information as I could find.


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