Well, it’s been 3 months of unemployment. It’s a weird job market out there. Some companies don’t seem to know what they want, while others post jobs with no hurry to fill them. And with more layoffs happening all the time, the competition is only increasing for the real ones. I think I had one …
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A Forced Changed
tl;dr: I was laid off two weeks ago and am now on the hunt for the next page in my career. It sucks, but I am well and secure. I’m excited to move forward, there are several exciting opportunities I’m working towards, I have a new appreciation for what I want to do, and I …
My New Toys at iland
I’m now a month in at iland (and yes, it’s spelled all lowercase, not “Apple case”). I’ve spent most of this time meeting the new team, learning the ropes of the new company, learning the underlying technologies, and getting to know the products iland has developed. It’s your typical firehose situation. Often when starting a …
Looking forward to a new iland
Nope, the title is not a typo. Trust me, it’s punny. A job change is always a big deal. The frequency we change jobs in the IT field confounds people who are in other career fields, but I don’t think that makes it any easier. Even working remotely, strong bonds of friendship and respect are …
Looking back at SimpliVity
Here we go once again with another job change post. Seems to be a rash of these lately. Four years ago, I decided to embark on a new career adventure. At that time I had been working at a VAR as a presales architect. I did a lot of things in that job that I …
Have We Hit Peak VMware Community?
Lately, VMUG has become no stranger to controversy after dust-ups with rowdy vendors like Nutanix, and a website launch that was lackluster and fairly disruptive amongst a messy and fast-paced split from SmithBucklin (the original VMUG HQ outsourcer). Now they are dealing with a self-made mess after the announcement that VMUG is joining the Dell Technologies User Community (DTUC) community. There have also …
When Is A Backup Not A Backup (And When Is It)
This blog post was originally published on my SimpliVity colleague Ron Singler’s blog. I would like to thank Ron for allowing me use his site while mine was under construction. You can find the original here: http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/when-is-a-backup-not-a-backup-and-when-is-it/ There’s been a lot of debate regarding backups vs. snapshots lately, and this is a common conversation …
The Relaunch
I’ve recently been having a lot more thoughts I want to get out in words, and that has fueled a renewed interest in utilizing this blog. I was never really happy with my last redesign, which honestly hurt my desire to use it, so I decided to start with a new redesign, a migration to …
Reflections on VMworld #12
As I spend the weekend after VMworld reconnecting with the family I haven’t seen in a full week, I can’t help but occasionally think about the week away and the community I’ve immersed myself in. I think it’s fair to say that this community is as strong as it has ever been. Most of us …
Making the Leap to SimpliVity
My latest story starts with a simple DM to Matt Vogt about a month and a half ago, who at that time had recently moved over to SimpliVity: This message came from two movements in my life: Lamenting the good old days of Vital Support Systems when the company had less than 100 people and …