Update on the John Barker Mentoring Project

In December I announced The John Barker Mentoring Project: “I am committing to mentor young people who live in the south-central Virginia area.” I have three mentees with whom I meet online or in-person (hence the south-central Virginia requirement) about every two weeks. They’re at different places in their lives and careers, from just getting …
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The John Barker Mentoring Project

John Barker retired from the US Air Force in or around 1975. He returned home to rural Blackstone Virginia, in part to help care for his aging parents. He had experience in electronics as a technician and built a Southwest Technical Products M6800 computer kit. Although I’m not sure this is an accurate image of …
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An Abbreviated History of Andy, Part 1

Introduction After Paul Randal (Blog – @PaulRandal) tagged him in a post about the three events that brought him here, Brent Ozar (Blog – @BrentO) tagged me in his cleverly titled You may ask yourself, How did I get here? So. How did I get here? 1. Christy I recently read an article about how some …
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