Well, not yet, but, in a few years it’ll be Martin Lindsey, PhD. In true actionist form I have turned the corner in the five year transition. I’ve been accepted into Auburn University’s School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering graduate program!!! Just got the good news in the middle of last week. The first year I’ll be a provisional student taking prerequisite courses since my first degree is in mechanical engineering. Fortran was all we had to take back in the dark ages so I’ll have to beef up on some basic foundational programming courses first. (I had Pascal in high school. Does anybody anywhere still use that?)

Yep, I’m going back into the technical world again, only this time it’s something that I’ll actually enjoy in practical and artistic terms. I haven’t missed the industrial world or the dearth of creative and artistic opportunities that traditional engineering could afford me. I can’t wait to get back in the saddle on the CSSE end of things. Of course I have my first love Tuskegee University to thank for a solid tech foundation along with the corporate resume that lended me credibility to get into the grad program.

Auburn’s program includes a computer science track and a software engineering track as program options. You also have project or disertation options to choose from in order to graduate. It’s a great program and has great people that I’ve already had the opportunity to meet. Orientation is next Wednesday and class starts on next Thursday. Just working with the folks at the job now to see about going from a full time to a part time schedule.

One thing’s for sure I’ll definitely have more time to post from this point forward. I haven’t done any justice to experimenting with and optimizing my Wordpress set up. I still have to put a few hours into learning how to download a theme and actually doing it one time. I need to add feed and fave buttons and pick a tag option that I like. As the fall moves along I ought to be able to get myself in gear like I want to.

It’s a family affair now. Everybody is going back to school in a couple of weeks. What about your household? What have you been wanting and waiting to do but haven’t made plans and done it already? Well hey, use me as an example and go into pursuit mode!!! It’s actionist time!