by Douglas | May 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
I traded in my Macbook Air M3 for a MacBook Air M5 with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB drive 1. It’s light, yet fast 2. No fan or noise – although it can get warm when I task it 3. I not only run macOS, I also run Linux and Windows via Paralles VM 4. Battery last...
by Douglas | Feb 17, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born, Thoughts
I received tons of feedback following my post last week. So I’m sharing another flashback from my job search last summer: Networking.I was already an active member of Project Management Institute and ISC2 and regularly attended local AWS User Group meetings. With more...
by Douglas | Jan 9, 2026 | Thoughts
Maintaining professional certifications not only cost you time, but also money. My Certified Federal Contractor Manager (CFCM) certification renewal came to an end on Dec 31st. I had enough CPEs to keep it, but decided to forgo renewing it due to cost and lack of...
by Douglas | Jan 5, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born
After writing my last post, I’ve decieded to add some finance to the blog – so stay tuned and keep...
by Douglas | Jan 4, 2026 | Doug Was Built Not Born
I was once told – The easiest and safest way to become rich, was to earn an MBA in Finance, because finance must become a second language. I earned that MBA, building those comprehensive spreadsheets, setting up a multitude of formulas to test predictions....
