David Sheeks

In my last post I mentioned that I am working toward my next degree.  In 2011, I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Network Security & Electronics, and an Associates in Technology.  Now, I am setting my sights even higher, and working toward a Masters of Business Administration. Because of the success of our business in the last two years, I have been able to leave the workforce, and my wife has been able to leave her job as well as we continue to work full-time in our store.  This success has given her the opportunity to be the first person in her family to go to college, and she has set quite a lofty goal: to become an occupational therapist.  An OT degree requires spending six years in a highly competitive degree program, and only those with the highest of grades succeed.  She is doing wonderfully, however, and expects to graduate with honors once all is said and done. Recently, we discussed the possibility of me returning to school as well.  I...

It's been awhile since I've posted, so I thought it prudent to update everyone on what I've been up to in the past few years.  When I last left this blog, I was working for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Now, as 2016 begins, I am well into the next phase of my career.  My position as a Network Specialist gave me a great deal of experience working in a fast paced, challenging IT environment.  It also helped to spotlight a very important fact: that something was missing. While I enjoy working in the IT industry, I quickly discovered that I loved working with the people I interacted with much more than the hardware and software that they needed help with.  As I progressed in my career, I realized that my greatest skills were in how I interacted with those around me.  I began working a few years back on a small hobby project--an e-commerce store called Scooter's Bricks.  I would buy used and new LEGO collections and sets (yes, that's right--the little pl...