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What information a Technical Program Manager (TPM) needs to drive a project through to completion

I’ve recently been challenged by my Amazon manager to increase my capacity to be able to manage more projects at once. I’ve been concurrently managing around 1 large software project and then around 2-4 medium to smaller projects. Increasing my capacity means identifying the important, high leverage tasks and focus on driving those tasks and eliminate the rest. In another way, what’s the…

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This past February, I wrote and passed Exam 70-485: Advanced Windows Store App Development Using…

This past February, I wrote and passed Exam 70-485: Advanced Windows Store App Development Using C#, the 3rd exam of 3 to obtain my Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)certification for Developing Windows Store apps in C#. This exam was definitely the hardest of the 3 for me, particularly due to the recent changes of the exams from Windows 8 to 8.1 and being able to get and organize the…

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#Anki #C #Exam 70-485 #MCSD #Microsoft Certified #Windows 8 #Windows 8.1 #Windows Apps #Windows Store #Windows Store Apps #WinRT #XAML

How I Passed the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Exam #1

Early this May, I wrote Exam #1 of 3 for the Chartered Market Technician certification from the Market Technicians Association (MTA). I decided to pursue the certification to continue my education on the financial side of things, in particular in technical analysis which I have been doing for a while now.

As I’ve been doing technical analysis for a while now, I decide to take Exam #1 on a short…

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#Accelerated Learning #Chartered Market Technician #CMT #Exam 1 #Market Technicians Association #MTA

"The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking" Book Review

“The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking” Book Review

“The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking” is one of those books I wish I had read much, much earlier. This easy to read book offers solid, practical advice on how to think so that you can understand topics more deeply, and learn faster.

The first section delves into understanding a topic deeply, and offers some interesting and useful exercises you can do to identify areas where your understanding is…

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#Accelerated Learning #The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking #Thinking

"Personal Kanban" Book Review

“Personal Kanban” Book Review

During my time learning about “Agile” software development methodologies and personal management (See Getting Results the Agile Way by J.D.Meier), I came across the concept of Kanban and was intrigued by its dashboard-like, visual setup; something I’ve felt was missing from many of the time management systems out there. “Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life” by Tonianne DeMaria Barry…

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#Kanban #Personal Kanban #Productivity #Task Management

An Overview of Becoming MSCD Certified

This past Friday, I wrote and passed Exam 70-485, the third exam of 3 for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification for Developing Windows Store Apps in C#. This means I am officially a MCSD holder.

TODO: Add Virtual Business card

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I recently wrote and passed Exam 70-484 which is the second exam of three to obtain an MCSD… http://wp.me/sGz1b-465

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#C #Exam 70-484 #MCSD #Microsoft Virtual Academy #Mind Map #programming #UML #Windows Apps #Windows Store #Windows Store Apps #WinRT

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an…

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Developing a Windows Store App for Additional Trading System Analysis - Part 1

So I’m in the process of obtaining my Microsoft Certified Solutions Development (MCSD)…

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#Exam 70-484 #MCSD #NinjaTrader #SQL Server #Stock Market #Trading #Trading System Analysis #UML #Windows 8 #WinRT

IB and RTH Range Correlation Study

I was going through FuturesTrader71′s websitethe other day and came across a couple research…

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Standard Error (SE) Bands Entry Testing

I like reading Dr. Van Tharp’s weekly newsletters. In a previous issue, there was an article that caught my eye. Ali Moin-Afshari wrote a 4-part article on Band trading which was particularly interesting to me as I’ve done a lot of work with the MACD BB…

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#Dr. Van Tharp #E-minis #ES #ETFs #Forex #FX #Research #Stock Market #Trading

Passed the MSCD Exam 70-483 Programming in C#!!!

I’ve taken my first step towards the MCSD certification… I passed Exam 70-483 Programming in C# this past week. This was an interesting step as I haven’t written a computer exam since my Masters degree at the University of Alberta. But I did it to…

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#C #certification #Exam 70-483 #mscd #programming

An Introduction to Volume Delta

Many traders out there think that Volume doesn’t matter. After all, it takes 2 traders to make a trade. Both sides are always present, so why does it matter? And in the traditional sense, I agree. But when looking at volume from a Volume Profiling…

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#Day Trading #Stock Market #Trading #Volume Delta #Volume Profile #Volume Profiling