It's been a while, my friends. I'm glad to be back on this wonderful campus, but I now have the perspective to set my sights beyond. Perhaps I'll share a bit about my journey as I settle back into writing these posts. For now, I'll keep things simple and highlight my proposed Collo project for the semester.
My intended line of work is quite interesting. As many of you know, I was able to gain hands-on experience inside a consulting firm and develop a network including many I/O Psych professionals while living in Washington, D.C. Conversation after conversation, I learned from established, successful individuals just as much as young, innovative people barely older than me. Every person spoke of how crucial analytical capability is in finding success within my field. While I am very analytical, which I found to be supported by Gallup's Clifton Strengths assessment (I recommend checking it out here), I have directed focus to developing skills using relevant analytics tools. The best way to establish this base of new capability is to learn R, a programming language intended for use in statistical computing. I was first exposed to R by a professor at my university nearly two years ago, and, over these past couple of years, I have found more and more opportunities to apply skills that I do not yet have. I have decided that now is the time to fully commit to learning this programming language, which will be done with direction from a current professor, working with graduate students familiar with R, sitting in on graduate classes that incorporate R, online supplemental courses, using R to complete work related to my current involvements (classes, lab, etc.), and personal practice time. I won't bore anyone with the technicalities for now, but I look forward to what I am considering a worthwhile personal development project. I hope everyone is having a great start to 2019! Stay happy, my friends. -JD
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