Thanks for sharing your origin story, Charlene. Ours must be just about the only technical profession in which one can get a good job and have a successful career with virtually no formal education or real qualifications, just what we pick up on the job and through self-study. Maybe BA types are more motivated for the self-study (books, articles, videos, professional courses, conference) than average.

I'm happy that you've found my materials useful! But have you read my forensic mystery novel, The Reconstruction? That was the most fun I ever had writing.