Discrete Recovery

I am a big fan of continuing education and have been fortunate to have worked for companies that have provided me with the chance to attend relevant courses and achieve some certifications to supplement my job experience.  Over the last 30+ years, I have taken a decent amount on courses. Over the next few blog entries, I will share some of these experiences. Course material aside, what makes a course go from "good" to excellent is, of course,  the instructor. I have been fortunate to have learned from some of the very best over the years. I only wish I could have been a better pupil. My "career" in IT is all due to a former boss, Lloyd Wiebe, who changed the work schedule around so I could take a 1 year college entry level programming course back in the mid 1980's. After graduating from the course on a Friday, I started teaching it in another town the following Monday...no kidding. That is all it took back in the day. Thank you Lloyd for your kindness. During th