Geri-Actives JobSeeker Podcasts

Several years ago, a friend of mine and I decided to create a series of Podcasts to advise people on how to find work. The economy, at that time, was slow and not actively hiring, so we thought it would be a good idea to help folks get prepared, organized, and motivated to move their Job Search forward.

And it seems the job-searching environment is also suffering at present, so I thought it would be good to bring these sessions out again for those in the Job/Income Hunt mode.

Here is an incomplete list of those podcasts. Listen and enjoy:

Content NameMedia
Resume Formulahttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_001-resume-formats.mp3
Be Optimistic
Social Networkinghttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/download.mp3
Reporting to a Younger Person\https://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_013-reporting-to-a-younger-p.mp3
When You Were Critizedhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_010-when-you-were-criticized.mp3
Turn The Tableshttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_016-turn-the-tables.mp3
The Silent Treatmenthttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_005-the-silent-treatment.mp3
I’m Overqualifiedhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_003-im-overqualified.mp3
Why Am I Here?https://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brian-and-bill-jsp-009-_why-am-i-her.mp3
Describe Your Ideal Jobhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_015-describe-your-ideal-job.mp3
Loaded Questionshttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brian-and-bill-jsp-007-_loaded-quest.mp3

Geri-Actives Going Forward

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Fill out this form (Link Below) and let other experienced people help you continue to work in your industry and your fields of expertise, so you can postpone full retirement until you are actually ready for that new stage of life.

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Technique Enforced Process (Orthogonality)

An Event initiates a Process. The Process collects, manipulates and saves Data including a State setting. Each change in State (including from No State to a State) can be used as an Event.

There are many external Events which occur and trigger their associated Processes within an automated application. As examples:

  1. A sale  of a product or service occurs online or in person
  2. A bank teller or an ATM device receives a request to accept a deposit or service a withdrawal
  3. A shipment of goods is initiated or arrives at its destination and is recorded in the appropriate applications

Two Master Processes are always running which monitor their “Event Threshold(s)”:

  • Calendar Dates and Events:
    • Week Ends and Endings
    • Month and Quarter Ends
    • Annual Ends
    • Special Event Dates and Timings
  • Data From State Changes
    • Which are Events that trigger other Processes

Each of these monitored Events are associated with and will initiate their necessary Processes.

And so the circle goes.

Some sample events include:

  1. Midnite on any date
  2. Midnite on special days like:
    1. End of a Week
    2. End of a Calendar Month
    3. End of a Year
    4. End of a Century
    5. New date matching a Birthday, Anniversary, Renewal dates for Subscriptions, Licenses, or other things expecting a renewal Payment (Rent, Lease, Copyrights, etc.)
  3. Receipt of a Payment from a Customer to a Vendor
  4. Insertion of a Credit or Debit card at a Purchase point
    1. Or at an ATM
  5. When an electronic record of a Customer, Order, Invoice, Shipping Order, or other “master” type data is changed from one state to a “retired” or “archived’ state
  6. When an electronic record of a Customer, Order, Invoice, Shipping Order, or other “master’ type data is changed from a “New” state to a more “Active” state
  7. Etc…

European Parliament: Artificial Intelligence Act – March 2024

I believe that using Artificial Intelligence tools and their capabilities will increase for the foreseeable future. I also believe that since it is such a new “science” or capability, we need guidelines and safety measurements super-imposed on this usage so that we have some protection against the mis-use of this powerful and, as yet, uncontrolled capabilities.

As part of my constant interest in learning new things, I subscribe to several newsletters, blogs, podcasts as sources of new information for me to think about. One of these sources is “The Rundown AI” which has been very information for me.

In March of 2024, their newsletter announced the creation / publication of an Artificial Intelligence set of “ground rules” from the European Parliament (EU). Hopefully, The Rundown will not be offended that I republish some of that article here:

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI revolution just got its first major set of ground rules, courtesy of the EU’s landmark AI Act.
But while the sweeping new legislation aims to reign in the tech’s most dangerous use cases, not everyone is convinced its the right approach. Let’s investigate…
The Rundown AI Article Header
The Rundown: The European Parliament just passed the landmark Artificial Intelligence Act, establishing the world’s most comprehensive set of regulations for AI tech.
The details:
Newly banned AI apps include biometric and facial recognition on sensitive characteristics, social scoring, and AI that manipulates behavior or exploits vulnerabilities. High-risk AI, such as in infrastructure, education, and employment, will face strict obligations like risk assessment, transparency, and human oversight. The law has drawn criticism from both sides — with companies worrying it stifles competitiveness and watchdogs arguing it doesn’t go far enough. The rules will take effect in stages, with some applying as early as six months after the law enters into enforcement.
Why it matters: The AI Act positions itself as the global standard for regulation, but will it disadvantage EU-based AI companies in the process? Despite the critiques, the act is a big first move — potentially influencing other countries’ AI approaches and altering the trajectory of the industry.
The Rundown AI “Brief”

The trick, I think, is how to effectively and thoroughly apply these guidelines and then report of the progress of its implementation and to respond to the AI world’s compliance to these and newer standards as they are published.

A I is Biased

Most intelligence is biased towards the things they believe they already know.

People rely on their own knowledge and experience to make choices, make suggestions, or somehow control their lives.

Software (like AI) bases their choices and responses on what they have retained from their learnings and use those learnings to respond as well as they can with the knowledge they have.

The BIAS is not the problem but the control over what information each AI is given access to and chooses to use may be something we could control better. We might even be able to label or tag each AI product based on the sources of information it has been given access to: NY Times, Washington Post, Donut Recipes, WSJ, Republicans, House Cleaning Tips, etc.

The question I have at this time is about Security and protection from misinformation: learned, used for responses, created for responses to prompts by users who are less than scrupulous / beyond auditability, disingeuous, etc.

My latest exposure to the Software Security realm has been about how to implement security especially with the recent “assumption” that “they (the hackers)” will get inside so how do we discover them, respond to that situation and get them out: where hackers will get inside our app / environment and try to cause some damage and / or steal some critical information.

Connect that interest of stopping hackers once they are inside our app with the idea that AIs can be ported as stand alone and / or downloadable apps, and see what we can do to figure out how someone got “inside” our app once it has been downloaded away from our server and we have a very challenging technology / security opportunity.

It’s Not Full Time Jobs

The future of our growth economy may not be the classic old 25 to 30 year desk job at a big corporation anymore. In fact it probably hasn’t been that type of work configuration for quite some time now.

The more tangible future may just be in a derivation of what some have called the “gig” economy where the major source of income for an individual comes from shorter term contract work in a specialty. These specialties could be in many fields: Finance, Marketing and Advertising, Sales, Contract Negotiation, Human Resources, Union Negotiations, Factory Production Management, Technology, Facilities Maintenance and Management or many other specialized niche topics. Perhaps, even what has been called the “Executive Suite” for a long time could evolve to a contract environment as well. This last point might actually relieve some of the newsworthy attention being paid to the levels of salaries and other compensation for this “Executive Suite”. Imagine executives being hired for a six month to multiple year contract who are paid by the hour or day and have pre-determined bonuses over the course of the contract based on the performance and profitability of their organization rather than based on some politically influenced whim.

What is important in this brief intro is that the existing workforce from folks who are fresh out of an education or certification environment or those who may be coming back from an attempt at retirement will need to adapt to work where the income and services are negotiable rather than with a full-time steady inside position on a company’s payroll roster.

I would like to continue this thought / conversation so if you are interested, please reply to this post OR find the Contact Page on this web site and send me your thoughts.

Thanx, bgbg

A. I. Is Coming

Have you heard about Artificial Intelligence, yet? Who hasn’t?

Have you heard the Conspiracy Theorists “take” on what the ever-growing A. I. presence will mean to humanity, yet? I would be willing to bet that you/we haven’t heard ALL or even some of the LATEST Theories about what A. I. will be able to do and how soon it might just take over the world.

And let’s be clear, please. I will NOT be able to tell you what A. I. will be capable of nor do I know when it might “wake up” and become self-aware – if ever.

But here is what I think I know now:

  • ChatGPT 3.0 or 4.0 are powerful tools for doing research, learning, investigation, and teaching
    • I have already used OpenAI (ChatGPT 4.0) to prepare a study plan for me to learn Python and SQL.
    • I have already used OpenAI to suggest outlines for some of my writings on Requirements Engineering, Project / KANBAN Management, SCRUM and Sprint controls, and my “Agilist” series.
    • I will continue to use OpenAI when I have questions about the topics I am interested in but will continue to modify / enhance / extend what I get from this tool with my own style, content, organization, conclusions until I change my opinion / viewpoint at some time in my future.
  • I intend to try Bard and other A. I. tools so that I can compare the useability, user experience, clarity of results between these several A. I. tools for my own education.

One thing that I am definitely looking forward to is the discussion about establishing usage standards on the capabilities of A. I. so that our world and the technical development industry will have their say on what restrictions we may recommend are imposed, what practices in A. I. usage are recommended, and what kind of controls will be recommended to monitor the ever-growing use of A. I. in our world.

If you have any opinions or suggestions about any of this, please subscribe here and join this conversation.

Or go to my Contact Page on this website to send me an email, message, and question or suggestion.

Thank you, in advance, bgbg

People First (PF): Advisory Committee

I have found it to be very valuable to have a list of folks who are willing to answer any questions I might have, regardless of how silly, picayune, or trivial they might seem to them.

During my Information Technology (IT) career, I had lots of opportunities to meet people in many industries, various levels of experience and responsibility, and numerous levels of education. They all had their strengths and weaknesses. And, the ones who knew their strengths and weaknesses were many of the ones I gravitated to.

It’s amazing how much one can learn about someone else if you ask them to give you their advice and suggestions.

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People First Span of your Life (cycle)

Perspective is driven by several components: Experience, Dreams, your perception of a “horizon”, Desires, and, at times, the only measurable things in your reach.

A Life Cycle, in technology communities, relates to the span, time-frame, or scope of an effort like a project or a change applied to an existing application or environment.

Every organization has its own Perspective on what should or could be measured because these things are important to the participants AND their management/share holders.

Some examples of a perceived Life Span are introduced in this attached Newsletter. Enjoy!

Please Download, Read, Respond or Advice. Thank you, bgbg

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