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How I Fell into my Dream Job (AGAIN): A journey from RIF to Renewal
Job Search Update So, for most of my life, when it came to work, I generally knew about jobs because of someone I knew. I mean, most people find jobs that way. On rare occasions, when friends and acquaintances don’t know of any new jobs and I had to “cold call” to find work, I… Continue reading
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Fear, Freedom, and Finding Yourself in the Workplace
My professional journey with VMware began in 2005. In 2007 I embarked on a journey to the US as a technical trainer with a specialized visa that recognized my expertise in virtual desktop management. As the global expert on what would eventually become Omnissa Horizon, I initially arrived in the United States through an L1-B… Continue reading
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Video Post: The Self-Interview Project: Raw, Unfiltered & Real
So I thought it’d be neat to do a self-interview as a way to promote myself in addition to the static resume. And then I thought, maybe do it as a mini-podcast-like thing. So if you’re interested, reach out to me here or on LinkedIn. Continue reading
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From Virtualization to AI: Have We Lost Our Way on Data Center Sustainability?
Now, I want to start out by saying that AI is both fascinating and scary at the same time. There are certainly huge benefits that can be realized out of “good, well-trained” AI, promising everything from better healthcare to smarter cities. Heck, it is even being used to clean clothes better (my new LG washer… Continue reading
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When Letting Go Leads to Growth: Lessons from 2024 & A New Theme for 2025
An Unexpected (or sorta Expected) Liberation 2024 has been a funny and weird year. For the most part, my creative desire had waned. And learning a new product was proving to be more challenging than I thought (I suspect largely because I was trying to learn to the level of what I knew before —… Continue reading
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Career Curveballs: How I Accidentally became a Free Agent
Breaking News: Local Tech Storyteller Unexpectedly Promoted to “Professional Job Hunter” by Broadcom! After 19 years of marriage to VMware, we’ve decided to consciously uncouple. Translation: I got laid off, and now I’m back on the job market—a landscape so different from 1992 that my resume might as well be written in hieroglyphics. And as… Continue reading
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Understanding Container Technology: The Magic of cgroups and Namespaces
I originally planned to make a video this topic, but my 2019 MacBook Pro (Intel) had other ideas. Adobe Premiere Pro demands at least 2GB of GPU memory, and my MacBook sheepishly offered just 1.5GB. Trying to edit videos turned my computer into a spinning beach ball death machine. UGH! (And yes, I did turn… Continue reading
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Adapting to Change: Embracing Video Training Beyond EUC
So I had to make a few changes. Most notably was when I received a recent bill for my website (it was a bit of sticker shock). I’ve been really bad about posting, and it was hard to justify that high of a blogging fee. Consequently, I found a new home for the blog (now… Continue reading