As a technology consultant, each project brings new challenges; this is what makes our job so appealing to those of us that love it!  However, one of the hardest things I believe is keeping up to date on the latest happenings with the many technologies we are asked to implement on a moment’s notice.  It’s pretty common at Summa that we might be working on a Java project for months or years, and then be asked to jump onto a .NET or IBM project with little to no downtime in between.  Now most of us have perfected the art of “ramping up” and I do not intend to discuss that in this post (that might be a good future topic), however, I believe our ability to get up to speed quickly on a technology is directly related to how well we know the state of the market.  This is what I will try to discuss and I will offer what I believe are the best ways to stay “up to date” in whatever areas you choose.

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