I am very interested in a career in logistics. My degree is in geography, and I am considering a nearby MS in Global Logistics. What has been your experience in this field? Would you say it is high stress or particularly reliant upon interpersonal skills?

it sounds like the data type isn't being stored as a date, otherwise it'd sort correctly and =YEAR() would work. Is this a macro? Otherwise try =DATE(RIGHT(CELL,4),LEFT(CELL,2),MID(CELL,4,2))

Yes, I dislike the changing mentality on higher education these days too. But unfortunately, that's reality :P As a soon-to-be graduate in Philosophy, I am really regretting my major right now, lol. But really, at 18, how many students really think about how much they will make with their choice of major?

I believe you were in the right. I do not like people who try to manipulate me, esp women who use their "feminine wiles" in this way...

Thanks. Yeah, that's unfortunate. Honesty, little white lies ("I'm fine/"nice dress") excepted, is one of the most crucial traits upon which to build relationships of any kind.

Yes... you are young, and time is still your ally. No need to force it; let the opportunities unfold, and evaluate them as they appear.

There are some jobs that can be done any time of the day... teaching can be done in the evening and on weekends; and the consulting jobs that I do are typically 1-day engagements, or things I can do at home after meeting with the customer once.

The good jobs are found by word-of-mouth: personal referrals. You want to be the guy that naturally comes to mind when people need someone competent and reliable. In IT, people switch jobs a lot. This means that the guy or gal sitting next to you at work today could very well be in another company a year from now... build a reputation in your own organization, and people will carry it to other places in the natural course of things. This is where consulting opportunities and job offers come from. I've only looked for work one time in my career: right after getting out of school. Every job I've had since then, people have brought to me; and I could pick up the phone right now and have another job immediately.

Hi,

Yes, I have done these, but in my org we would call this a demo. Typically we have:

JAD sessions - joint application design where you have the customer and project team work through the proposed solution.
Requirements and Specification documents and walkthroughs.
Demos - demonstrate in progress design and refine/change as needed.
Handover - final demo for the customer and user acceptance testers.

I find all of these beneficial for better understanding the customer requirements, keeping the customer engaged as a stakeholder and to generate discussion. Too often I have seen the project team not engage the customer throughout the process only to find that the solution we are about to implement does not meet the requirements. The further you are down the path, the more costly it is to fix these errors.

Hope this helps! You gave me a great question to think about . Thanks!

I am Chief Scientist for a defense contractor (mathematician); a university professor (computer science); and a technology consultant.

It sounds complicated to me... meaning that there is cost risk associated with your decisions. That makes you important.

Do you have to do the purchasing, or are you in a chain that has buyers? Sounds complicated...

I'd be happy to! I'm sorry I'm new to this site and can't find your LinkedIn profile listed on your forum account, would you be able to send me the URL?

Nice! My company is a DSD supplier and the application I support is order intake. It's a small world after all~