We've all heard the stereotypes about programmers having poor social and communication skills, but building high quality software solutions is a team effort and is as much about communication as technical skill and expertise.
I recently attended a BCS workshop on the Registered IT Technician (RITTech) standard. I was inspired to apply and received my professional registration 5 days later!
Nobody likes ads. They tend to be intrusive, irritating and inconvenient. Not only that, but they are usually delivered alongside tracking cookies and analytics code, which despite all the data sent back to the mothership, usually fails to deliver adverts that are truly meaningful or relevant.