PROC CERTIFY: The Home Stretch

Stacey Hamilton
Stacey Hamilton|September 8, 2010

I am a big sports fan—sort of. I like to watch the last quarter of the football game, the final inning of the baseball game, the last day of the golf tournament. You get the idea. So you would think that the fact that we are less than two months [...]

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Reach for the stars

Christine Kjellberg|August 9, 2010

“Goals are dreams with deadlines.” Diana Scharf Hunt If you had told me a year ago at this time that I was would be training for triathlons and studying for the Base SAS Certification test, I probably would have said you’re crazy. But, late last summer a good friend of [...]

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Lost in Certification

Stacey Hamilton
Stacey Hamilton|March 12, 2010

Like many of you, I’m closely following the last season of the ABC drama Lost. I’ve followed Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sawyer et al. through six long years of island confusion. Now, with nine episodes left until the series ends for good, I can see how the writers are setting us [...]

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What’s up with PROC CERTIFY?

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|November 2, 2009

Contributed by Dan Harrell, project leader for Documentation Development’s certification guides I’m sure you are eagerly following Christine Kjellberg and Stacey Hamilton’s journey to become certified 9.2 base SAS programmers? Tracking their adventure is more fun than reality TV. Who needs “Survivor” or “Big Brother” when we have Christine’s and [...]

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The right attitude

Christine Kjellberg|October 23, 2009

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude – Thomas Jefferson How true this saying is for all of us in various situations. Our study group met this week for the second [...]

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The other side of Mount Certify

Shelly Goodin
Shelly Goodin|October 16, 2009

Contibuted by Brenda Kalt, Development Tester, Publications Product Testing I work in Publications, and I’m looking at “PROC CERTIFY;” from the other side of the mountain. In September I took the exam and passed it comfortably. I reviewed three nights before taking it (generally missing what I should have read [...]

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