• Career Readiness Skills Higher Ed is NOT Teaching

    Career Readiness Skills Higher Ed is NOT Teaching

    The list of marketable skills (aka: market ready skills or career readiness skills) has been around for at least a decade. The list is not surprising: It’s also no surprise that higher ed is doing a pretty poor job of teaching these skills to our graduates. NACE has been in the forefront of this research.…

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  • It’s for fun…

    It’s for fun…

    On June 30, 2023, I retired from the Texas A&M University System after 29 years of service. Recent events on the main TAMU campus have led to me return almost immediately as a “working retiree.” What would bring me back, you ask? Over the last three years, the Technology Management program has completely reshaped and…

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  • Pics from Day 18-27

    Sorry to post late. This was my first opportunity to upload them. https://gopro.com/v/P332nyOGo8ZQy

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  • Day 27 – The Day After

    This will be my last entry for this hike. I got a good night’s sleep in the motel. I woke up this morning at 5:30 – no alarm necessary. I got up, consolidated my gear and packed up for the journey home. I then put on my boots and started walking for a local bagel…

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  • Day 26 – The Last Day

    Woke up at the artesian water camp, ate breakfast, filtered some more of that beautiful water, packed up, and headed out. It was bittersweet packing up for the last time. I expected some rain today. The trail out was just as rocky as the previous days, but at this point, I didn’t care. Coming up…

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Adaptiman is the nom de plume of David Sweeney – retired CIO/CHRO, father, professor, brewer, and hiker.

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  1. I really enjoyed reading this. Uncle Tim sent it to me. I plan to move to Fredericksburg by the end…

  2. This was an extremely interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Another song that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker/ Living…

  3. Liz Galvan on Day 3

    Hi David. Wow, looks like you’ve travelled a lot of miles (25.7) so far. Sorry to hear that you have…