A little bit of everything in the world of IT
A very good Twitter friend posted today about his first four years in IT. I met Rob Nelson at the Indy VMUG in 2014 and we’ve been communicating back and forth since. If you haven’t checked out his blog, you MUST! It’s a wealth of information that is 75% over my head, but I enjoy…
In my role as Information Governance Architect, I often have recurring meetings with many of my clients. I have one such meeting today with a new client who has already informed me that they are having massive data growth issues and are at risk of data loss. I think back to a similar client a…
When I bought my first car I didn’t have much money to spend so as a lot of teenagers do, I bought a “beater” car for less money than I’ve spent on one tire on my newest car. It did what I wanted it to do at the time; get me from point A to…
My idea for today’s post is about trying to decide between investing training in new skills and expanding on the skills you already have. I am going through this right now. I have a long history with Microsoft products and only recently started working with VMware. I do have to admit how much I love…
I am a published author. When I was writing my first book I thought I would take great pride in saying that. I also thought I was going to make some pretty good money. The money part didn’t happen, and while I do take pride in the fact that I am a published author I…
When I bought my first computer at the age of 13, my career aspirations never came into mind. I will admit that I knew from a very early age that I never wanted to be a programmer. I rage quit all of that when I would type in programs from the back of my computer…
Every employer wants to have the “team player”. You hear it in interview questions. They are interview buzzwords. Depending on your personality type, your take on being a team player may be different from other people. The general consensus is that playing team sports is a great thing for your career. It builds your teamwork…
For a long time I would dread being called to the whiteboard. I have never been very artistic and I still can’t draw very well. Early in my career my role changed and I started to do more technical briefings and discuss technology more in-depth. I realized that I needed to work on my whiteboarding…