Happy Blogiversary! 15 Years.

So, spring is always a time of some type of growth and rebirth. I knew recently, when I reached my milestone workiversaries, that my blogiversary wasn't far behind. 

First, a small cheers for my 20th anniversary in a professional role, and in Facilities Data Management, as it was on the 28th of March, 2000, that I was hired on with the Facilities-Engineering department at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, consistently ranked one of the Top 10 Hospitals in the nation. It was a great place to 'grow up' in the industry, learning from everyone around me, and developing skills (databases, programming) that would serve me well in later roles.

Then, my 5th anniversary, also March 28th, of being hired by the wonderful team at InfoNarus. I am not exaggerating when I say that this was a life-saving occurrence and I will forever be in their debt. Obviously, having worked for them there, and with them in two prior jobs, I wouldn't hesitate to endorse them to anyone who is in search of a competent ARCHIBUS business partner to work with.

Which brings us to today! 
The 15th anniversary of this blog. I believe this post marks my 473rd article (aside from the ones published elsewhere, of course).

I suppose I can't count the guest authored articles as my own... although I did provide editing services (wanted or not ;) ) on each of them. 

Originally, I started this blog to save time over preparing the Word document and author chasing and editing of the Gatway AUG newsletter I had put out for years prior. But, it also gave me a wider platform for discussing Facilities issues. As I reminisced in my first post, the name of this site has also been a source of amusement for many, and, unlike my actual name, it never gets forgotten.

This site has played a role in most of the jobs I have obtained, allowing me to be visible and help others and display competence (and a wicked sense of humor, which, let's face it, is totally why everyone has hired me or rehired me to work with them).
Show your knowledge folks, even though looking back at my older articles sometimes embarrasses me, as my writing has matured and I have more professional experience to draw from, I still had something to contribute, and it has paid off, no regrets.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!
(I did think about making a list of all of the software I have used, or at least written about, in the past 15 years, but, let's face it, even under quarantine, ain't nobody got time for that.)

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