Throughout The Projects
My latest works-in-progress:
Financial stability through actually looking at where all the money is coming and going. Money hasn't been a "problem" for a while anyways, but you can always manage it better, and I think I've reached the age where I start caring where it goes. So I started using a freebie called GnuCash to keep track of my checking account and my wallet and see if my current spending habits break even or not. So far it looks like they do, but now I want to start saving up again.
Continuing to learn programming languages. I know PHP well enough to get by, but honestly, I never use it any more unless I'm updating an older project at home. MPOE doesn't use it at all; their front-end code is largely proprietary, with splatters of Perl and the occasional Python which I've never touched. So it would be good to sample Python and Ruby and learn what's out there now to build up the resume.
Continuing to learn other languages. I decided to try learning French a while back, because eowyn797 knows Italian, and between the two of us, that's two of the three parts of Europe we're interested in. (The next stage of the plan, we both learn German.) This is all part of a grander scheme, so it's good to keep taking steps towards proficiency and fluency.
Financial stability through actually looking at where all the money is coming and going. Money hasn't been a "problem" for a while anyways, but you can always manage it better, and I think I've reached the age where I start caring where it goes. So I started using a freebie called GnuCash to keep track of my checking account and my wallet and see if my current spending habits break even or not. So far it looks like they do, but now I want to start saving up again.
Continuing to learn programming languages. I know PHP well enough to get by, but honestly, I never use it any more unless I'm updating an older project at home. MPOE doesn't use it at all; their front-end code is largely proprietary, with splatters of Perl and the occasional Python which I've never touched. So it would be good to sample Python and Ruby and learn what's out there now to build up the resume.
Continuing to learn other languages. I decided to try learning French a while back, because eowyn797 knows Italian, and between the two of us, that's two of the three parts of Europe we're interested in. (The next stage of the plan, we both learn German.) This is all part of a grander scheme, so it's good to keep taking steps towards proficiency and fluency.