{"id":534,"date":"2019-12-30T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/?p=534"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T08:09:00","slug":"past-year-review-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/time-management\/past-year-review-2019","title":{"rendered":"Past Year Review (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It all started as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=new+year+resolution\">New Year&#8217;s Resolution<\/a>. This year I wanted to make it happen for real, and, by knowing myself pretty well, I had to put it to a whole new level in order to make it to the end. Moved with all the good intentions of my last certification (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.certmetrics.com\/amazon\/public\/badge.aspx?i=1&amp;t=c&amp;d=2018-09-27&amp;ci=AWS00602502\">AWS Solutions Architect<\/a>) got in Sep &#8217;18, I decided to keep up the momentum and get a few more: <a href=\"https:\/\/certification.comptia.org\/certifications\/security\">Security+<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axelos.com\/best-practice-solutions\/itil\">ITIL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axelos.com\/best-practice-solutions\/prince2\">PRINCE2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/seriousplay.training\/\">Lego Serious Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then it became a huge black-hole. I&#8217;ve got sucked in, more tasks got added, more tasks got dropped, and it changed quite frequently.<\/p>\n<p>I managed it quite well and I&#8217;ve got satisfied (and even surprised) with my results.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>TL;DR<\/h2>\n<h3>Report<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read Books: 35\/38 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">92%<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve read at least 4180 pages, and at my slow pace of reading, it took me ~140 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Certifications Plan: 9\/14 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">64%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Read Articles on Pocket: 550+ items read<\/li>\n<li>Watch Video Courses: 79\/81 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">97%<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Youtube Videos: 32\/32 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">100%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Udemy: 5\/7 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">71%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn Learning Courses: 45\/45 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">100%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve watched at least 100 hours of video contents (150hrs at 1.5x speed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Publish Ebooks: 2\/2 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008000;\">100%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Write Blog Posts: 2\/12 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">18%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Upwork Tests: 9\/40 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">22%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Extras (non-quantitative)\n<ul>\n<li>Parenting<\/li>\n<li>Bought a house (including packing &amp; unpacking + small renovation)<\/li>\n<li>Tried to start a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wscore.me\">business<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/roma.grusp.org\/2019\/04\/incontro-di-marzo-2019\/\">talk<\/a> at a local meetup PUG Roma<\/li>\n<li>Wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/u\/fabiocicerchia\">couple of ebooks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Started playing around with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.r-project.org\/\">R<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kubernetes.io\/\">Kubernetes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/lambda\/\">AWS Lambda<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Decluttering Inboxes<\/li>\n<li>Being 24\/7\/365 on-call<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chart.googleapis.com\/chart?cht=bhs&amp;chxt=x,y&amp;chco=F4CB42&amp;chg=25,0&amp;chs=500x250&amp;chd=t:92,64,97,100,100,16,22&amp;chxl=0:|0%|50%|100%|1:|Upwork%20Tests|Write%20Blog%20Posts|Publish%20Ebooks|Read%20Articles%20on%20Pocket|Watch%20Video%20Courses|Certifications%20Plan|Read%20Books&amp;chtt=Category%20Completion%20Progress\" alt=\"Category Completion Progress\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Long Story<\/h2>\n<h3>Rules<\/h3>\n<p>These are the &#8220;rules&#8221; I&#8217;ve implicitly followed without actually define them at the beginning. So basically there were no explicit rules, and that made it easier for me to commit to a huge plan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have no pressure whatsoever<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s my own personal planning<\/li>\n<li>I can switch tasks at any time<\/li>\n<li>I can cancel tasks at any time<\/li>\n<li>I can add tasks at any time<\/li>\n<li>I have to define an outline<\/li>\n<li>Tend to spend as less as possible, so not to feel guilty about it<\/li>\n<li>Catch every possible moment to advance with the task<\/li>\n<li>Track percentage progresses<\/li>\n<li>Since colour feedback is important I&#8217;ve used the following (loose) ranges to give me more confidence\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">0% is red<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&lt;50% is orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&gt;50% is green<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Stages<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to split the work in chunks of good-enough size, without taking in account the time to complete them, nor the amount of task. It was totally a subjective feeling at each stage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage #1\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at <span style=\"color: #008000;\">67%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>~20 Activities<\/li>\n<li>18 February &#8211; 28 February (10 days &#8211; start small to give it a try)<\/li>\n<li>$0 spent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stage #2\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at <span style=\"color: #008000;\">83%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>~50 Activities<\/li>\n<li>25 February &#8211; 12 April (47 days)<\/li>\n<li>$11 spent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stage #3\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">57%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>~100 Activities<\/li>\n<li>3 April &#8211; 6 August (126 days)<\/li>\n<li>17\u20ac spent<\/li>\n<li>Notes: In this period I&#8217;ve moved house, so it&#8217;s fine if it&#8217;s a bit lower than expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stage #4\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">46%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>~30 Activities<\/li>\n<li>7 August &#8211; 20 September (45 days)<\/li>\n<li>$47 spent<\/li>\n<li>Note: I didn&#8217;t achieve much because I didn&#8217;t book any of the 3 certifications I&#8217;ve studied for (got a bit more money-cautious after buying the house &#8211; it was over 1000\u20ac). Estimated <span style=\"color: #008000;\">71%<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Stage #5\n<ul>\n<li>Completed at <span style=\"color: #008000;\">70%<\/span><\/li>\n<li>~100 Activities<\/li>\n<li>21 September &#8211; 31 Dec (102 days)<\/li>\n<li>34\u20ac spent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chart.googleapis.com\/chart?cht=lc&amp;chg=25,40&amp;chco=F4CB42&amp;chs=500x150&amp;chxt=x,y&amp;chxl=0:|Stage 1|Stage 2|Stage 3|Stage 4|Stage 5&amp;chd=t:67,83,57,46,70&amp;chtt=Stages Completion Progress\" alt=\"Stages Completion Progress\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve managed to keep the money spent quite low because I&#8217;ve mostly read books I&#8217;ve already owned, or by purchasing the kindle edition or used the trial period of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/gp\/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000827833\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that working in cycles of ~50 days gave me more chance to get things done properly (let&#8217;s say in a good-enough way).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chart.googleapis.com\/chart?cht=lc&amp;chds=a&amp;chg=25,40&amp;chco=F4CB42&amp;chs=500x150&amp;chxt=x,y&amp;chxl=0:|Stage 1|Stage 2|Stage 3|Stage 4|Stage 5&amp;chd=t:10,47,126,45,102&amp;chtt=Stages Duration\" alt=\"Stages Duration\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Toolbox<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.getpocket.com\/\">Pocket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\">Evernote<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp (as <a href=\"https:\/\/techwelkin.com\/whatsapp-send-message-to-yourself\">TODO List<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32TXjFa\">Amazon Kindle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The whole planning<\/h3>\n<h4>Read Books <sup style=\"color: white; background: darkgreen; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">92%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover to Cover:\n<ol>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/Art-Being-Right-Ways-Argument\/dp\/172111324X\">The Art of Being Right<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/Piccolo-vulnerabili-Costruirsi-personale-serenit%C3%A0\/dp\/8807888742\">Piccolo manuale per persone vulnerabili. (ITA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.it\/Making-Work-Visible-Exposing-Optimize\/dp\/1942788150\">Making Work Visible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34PJQzS\">Introduzione alla PNL (ITA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WVW3NU\">Modern CTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NnnMqX\">Small Talk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3I8WHmU\">Unlimited Memory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3VOHryV\">The Manager&#8217;s Path<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GtXBZW\">Accelerate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32Q8EpM\">Gestione di Progetti IT (ITA)<\/a><del><\/del><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/noprojects-value-culture\/\">#noprojects &#8211; A Culture of Continuous Value<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/high-performance-teams\/\">High-Performance Teams: The Foundations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/emag-gdpr-perspectives\/\">Perspectives on GDPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/scrum-checklists\/\">SCRUM checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/becoming-technical-leader\/\">Becoming a Technical Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/cynefin-mini-book\/\">The Cynefin Mini-Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventstorming.com\/book\/\">Introducing EventStorming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoq.com\/minibooks\/domain-driven-design-quickly\/\">Domain-Driven Design Quickly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/content.pivotal.io\/ebooks\/monolithic-transformation\">Monolithic Transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/content.pivotal.io\/ebooks\/thinking-architecturally\">Thinking Architecturally<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/content.pivotal.io\/blog\/beyond-the-twelve-factor-app\">Beyond the 12 Factor App<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chapter Picking:\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GCUOhj\">97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #2<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jFet79\">100 Ways to Motivate Others<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Z1Zp3u\">The Big 100<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3G6ZdqX\">CEH Certified Ethical Hacker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jackkinsella.ie\/books\/confessions_of_an_unintentional_cto\">Confessions of an Unintentional CTO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Nq68mt\">Legge 2.0 (ITA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YSGGaJ\">Hacking: The Art of Exploitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NjC1Nu\">Computer Forensics (ITA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31BN8oh\">Sicurezza del Codice (ITA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> Legalmente Informatics (ITA)<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QfOHHg\">Corso di Informatica Giuridica (ITA)<\/a><del><\/del><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vKxmsd\">Security and Usability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/extremecontracts\">Extreme Contracts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3voQyeP\">Project Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Skipped:\n<ol start=\"35\">\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <del><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CbIUIk\">Becoming a Technical Leader<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <del><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Cfole7\">The Art of Capacity Planning<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <del><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IcmKtx\">ITIL v3<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <del><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3hXTHiH\">Driving Technical Change<\/a><\/del><del><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notes: #9 was supposed to be completed at stage 3. #23, #24, #25 and #26 got cancelled as I&#8217;ve realised there was no need to read them at that time.<\/p>\n<h4>Certifications Plan <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">64%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve watched 65 hours of mixed video contents, assuming that I&#8217;ve increased the speed, at least, at 1.5x, effectively I&#8217;ve watched 43 hours.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seriousplay.training\/\"><del>Lego Serious Play<\/del><\/a>\n<ol>\n<li>Unfortunately, it was a bit too expensive for me, since all my certifications are self-funded. But definitively a must-have for my bucket-list.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> CTO Bootcamp <sup style=\"color: white; background: darkgreen; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">90%<\/sup>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/learning\/tp\/tech-leadership-training-program-26\">Tech Leadership Training | Module 1: Defining the CTO Role<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/learning\/tp\/tech-leadership-training-program-26\">Tech Leadership Training Module 2: AI\/Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/learning\/tp\/tech-leadership-training-program-26\">Tech Leadership Training | Module 3: Software Architecture\/DevOps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unfortunately, I couldn&#8217;t attend the two-days bootcamp because I was right in the middle of moving house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplecert.org\/browse-certifications\/it-governance-and-service-management\/ITIL-1\/itil-4-foundation-2565\">ITIL v4<\/a> <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">POSTPONED<\/sup>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovativelearning.eu\/products\/itil-4\/itil-4-foundation\/71815-itil-4-foundation-7d-with-exam.html\">ITIL\u00ae 4 Foundation 7d with exam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/itil4-foundation\/\">ITIL 4 Foundation: Complete Course &amp; 2 Practice Exams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jTNLSyKtOR4\">ITIL\u00ae 4 Foundation Exam Study Tips from someone who passed! | ITProTV<\/a>\u00a0<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XHzU59nGGLM\">ITIL 4 Webinar &#8211; Introduction to ITIL 4.<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QhUAAfozTS8\">Introduction to ITIL 4<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Go1NsbowN0\">What&#8217;s New in ITIL 4?<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplecert.org\/browse-certifications\/project-programme-and-portfolio-management\/PRINCE2-Agile-28\/prince2-agile-foundation-2413\">PRINCE2 Agile<\/a> <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">POSTPONED<\/sup>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovativelearning.eu\/products\/prince2-agile\/prince2-agile-practitioner\/11134-prince2-agile-practitioner-14d-with-exam-english.html\">PRINCE2 Agile\u00ae Practitioner 14d with exam (english)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/prince2-agile-foundation\/\">PRINCE2 Agile Foundation: Complete Course &amp; 2 Practice Exams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/certification.comptia.org\/certifications\/security\">CompTIA Security+<\/a> <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">POSTPONED<\/sup>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/securityplus\">CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501): Complete Course &amp; Practice Exam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.professormesser.com\/security-plus\/sy0-501\/sy0-501-training-course\/\">Professor Messer\u2019s CompTIA SY0-501 Security+ Course<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safaribooksonline.com\/library\/view\/comptia-security-sy0-501\/9780134807553\/\">CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501)<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/cyber-security\">Cybersecurity Specialization<\/a>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/usable-security?specialization=cyber-security\">Usable Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/software-security?specialization=cyber-security\">Software Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/cryptography?specialization=cyber-security\">Cryptography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/hardware-security?specialization=cyber-security\">Hardware Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/cyber-security-capstone\">Cybersecurity Capstone Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/learning\/tp\/gcp-developer-enablement-program-25\">GCP Developer Enablement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/paths\/azure-fundamentals\/\">Azure fundamentals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/paths\/evolve-your-devops-practices\/\">Evolve your DevOps practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/paths\/architect-great-solutions-in-azure\/\">Architect great solutions in Azure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/master-cloud-native-infrastructure-with-kubernetes\">Master Cloud-Native Infrastructure with Kubernetes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/improve-your-infrastructure-automation-with-hashicorp-tools\">Improve Your Infrastructure Automation with HashiCorp Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/master-the-owasp-top-10\">Master the OWASP Top 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #5<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/paths\/applying-lean-devops-and-agile-to-your-it-organization\">Applying Lean, DevOps, and Agile to Your IT Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Read Articles on Pocket <sup style=\"color: white; 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So I&#8217;ve started with 350 items at least and let&#8217;s assume I&#8217;ve only read 200 more items in the rest of the year (very underestimated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Watch Youtube Videos <sup style=\"color: white; background: darkgreen; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">100%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve watched 19 hours of YouTube contents, assuming that I&#8217;ve increased the speed, at least, at 1.5x, effectively I&#8217;ve watched 13 hours.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_PL98ECuxj4\">Matheus Gontijo &#8211; Clean Code, Object Calisthenics and Best Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GAFZcYlO5S0\">Software Architecture vs. Code \u2022 Simon teal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JBUIIQnVfBQ\">Paradoxes and theorems every developer should know (Joshua Thijssen)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Aqp8aPfDiTQ\">Scrum vs. SAFe \u2022 Tomas Eils\u00f8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lvs7VEsQzKY\">Patterns of Effective Teams \u2022 Dan North<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lbcyyu8XB_Y\">Forget Velocity, Let&#8217;s Talk Acceleration \u2022 Jessica Kerr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dC9vdQkU-xI\">Enterprise Programming Tricks For Clean Code<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #1<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0SARbwvhupQ\">The Myth of the Genius Programmer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FcyD85z3JSI\">Congrats! 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Eryn O&#8217;Neil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j1_e8tdxfwA\">Leading Leads &#8211; Lessons from a growing team \u2013 Monika Piotrowicz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9jd_vpcLK50\">The Constant Life of a Tech Lead \u2013 Patrick Kua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bvGLTNrJ5io\">Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto \u2013 Anjuan Simmons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yIPbE7BssOs\">Rethinking the Developer Career Path \u2013 Randall Koutnik<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GmDHkxnN_yM\">Leading by Speaking \u2013 Lara Hogan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28nOPScYkNo\">Levelling Up: The Way of the Lead Developer &#8211; Patrick Kua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pAbU3WJ-NBw\">The New Manager Death Spiral &#8211; Michael Lopp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMz6QDURQOM\">The Critical Career Path Conversation &#8211; John Riviello<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XyMy4BKqnmE\">First Steps as a Lead &#8211; Dan Persa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QilPzCwyjJ0\">Andrea Provaglio &#8211; Understanding agile leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A04Pu5LlzHw\">Rethinking Leadership \u2022 Andrea Provaglio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pd7ObKc6NrY\">Building a High-Performance Team is Everyone&#8217;s Job \u2022 Camille Fournier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; 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padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JWmafBBMHSk\">How to spot a leader in their handwriting | Jamie Mason Cohen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k_nti-mk5IY\">Technical Leadership \u2022 Laura Paterson &amp; Patrick Kua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9UPW-2wL5U\">The Geek&#8217;s Guide to Leading Teams \u2022 Patrick Kua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #4<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qhjXc6niO3k\">Ten Mistakes Team Leaders Make<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Notes: The #28 and #29 were supposed to be completed at stage 3, but since I was doing great it didn&#8217;t bother me if I didn&#8217;t complete just 2 videos.<\/p>\n<h4>Watch Udemy Courses <sup style=\"color: white; 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Lean Startup SXSW 2012<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Watch LinkedIn Learning Courses <sup style=\"color: white; background: darkgreen; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">100%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<p>I&#8217;ve watched, in Stage #5, 62 hours of LinkedIn Learning contents, assuming that I&#8217;ve increased the speed, at least, at 1.5x, effectively I&#8217;ve watched 41 hours.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/create-a-crm-mobile-application-with-react-native-2\">Create a CRM Mobile Application with React Native<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/ethical-hacking-denial-of-service-2\">Ethical Hacking: Denial of Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/ethical-hacking-introduction-to-ethical-hacking\">Ethical Hacking: Introduction to Ethical Hacking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/learning\/learning-subnetting-2\">Learning Subnetting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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Protections<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<li><del><a href=\"https:\/\/app.cybrary.it\/browse\/skill-certification-course\/risk-management-certification-training-course\">Risk Management<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since I wasn&#8217;t satisfied with the video quality of some of the contents I decided to dismiss the whole repository and move on.<\/p>\n<h4>Publish Ebooks <sup style=\"color: white; background: darkgreen; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">100%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/webperformances\">Web Performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/leanpub.com\/itmetricsinreallife\">IT Metrics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Pet Projects <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; 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It could give you a great overview of how your site was performing. It included Dashboard, Trends &amp; Reports, Full Domain Monitoring &amp; Alerting, Google LightHouse Recommendations, Events Tracking, Uptime Monitoring and Real User Monitoring (RUM). And many more were to come, but not anymore since we dropped the project because my partner and I didn&#8217;t have much time and money to invest at that moment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amifromeu.kodebeat.com\/\"><strong>AmIFrom.EU<\/strong><\/a> is a simple tool that tells you whether a user is from the EU, this could be useful for any <a href=\"https:\/\/gdpr-info.eu\/\">GDPR<\/a> implementation you need to do on your systems.<\/p>\n<h4>Write Blog Posts <sup style=\"color: white; background: red; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">18%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Achieved:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/career\/what-kind-of-shaped-professional-are-you\/\">What kind of shaped professional are you?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/project-management\/practical-estimates\/\">Practical Estimates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not Achieved (since stage #3):\n<ol>\n<li>10x programmer <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Being solution rather than problem focused <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>DXpertise postmortem <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Get three things done before noon <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Rolling Wave Forecast <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>RTS (Running Tested Stories) <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Separate estimating from committing <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Slicing heuristic <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s exactly the velocity, and how fast should we be? <sup style=\"color: white; background: salmon; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">!<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Upwork Tests <sup style=\"color: white; background: orange; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">22%<\/sup><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> Achieved:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/575\">Unix Shell Script Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/927\">Time Management Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/516\">Help Desk Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/571\">Telephone Etiquette Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/982\">Javascript Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/987\">PHP Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/983\">CSS Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/1093\">Upwork Readiness Test<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><sup style=\"color: white; background: lightgrey; border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px; font-size: 10px;\">Stage #3<\/sup> Not Achieved:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/941\">Publishing Fundamentals Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/948\">Six Sigma Green Belt Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/968\">Lean Management Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/603\">Six Sigma Black Belt Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/1055\">Software Development Life Cycle Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/705\">Total Quality Management Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/756\">Knowledge of Google Webmaster Central Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/868\">Understanding differences in British and American English Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/641\">Internet Security Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/793\">JSON Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/595\">Marketing Terminology Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/765\">Negotiations Skills Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/711\">UK English Proofreading Skills Test (Oxford Guide to Style)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/683\">Business Writing Skills Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/593\">Organizational Behavior Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/698\">Marketing Methods and Techniques Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/1074\">AngularJS Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/1013\">SQL Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/574\">Unix Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/569\">TCP\/IP Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/731\">Resume Writing Skills Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/998\">Node.js Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/885\">Computer Aptitude Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/981\">Python Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/993\">MySQL Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/570\">Technical Writing Skills Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/540\">Networking Concepts Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/994\">jQuery Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/594\">Management Skills Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/767\">Internet Marketing Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/988\">WordPress Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upwork.com\/ab\/tests\/test\/911\">English Spelling Test (UK Version)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Next Year<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ll keep doing the same kind of planning, with few adjustments.<\/p>\n<p>As a brief outline, this would be my 2020:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus on less technical books<\/li>\n<li>Obtain the postponed certifications<\/li>\n<li>Watch more video contents rather than other media types<\/li>\n<li>Do (bi)weekly code challenges<\/li>\n<li>Write ~30 blog posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how it turns out. 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