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[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
We’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. In …
[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
The Burnout “You don’t burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.” — Cliff Burton I used to wonder how a person can “burn out,” get bored, or otherwise grow tired of doing something …
[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
“Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.” — John Wayne Dear Applicant, I know it must have hurt you to find out that you were not selected for the position you interviewed for with my company. I know that based …
[ Leadership and career ] 4 min read
“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” — Samuel Clemens It was 1980 when the most wonderful and magical thing that my then 6‑year-old brain could imagine happened. I was …
[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
After 17 years in the industry I have decided that it is time to pass down some advice to the newer entrants in to the field of Information Technology. If you’re just out of school with a freshly minted degree, looking …
[ Leadership and career ] 3 min read
Passing the CCIE R&S Written (350–001) I am proud to say that I have completed the first step on my journey to the CCIE Routing and Switching certification: namely, I passed the written qualification exam. I obviously …
[ Leadership and career ] 5 min read
Random (and not so deep) Thoughts by Some Clown I haven’t been writing a lot lately, mostly due to a combination of my work and study schedule. I thought, however, that it would be useful to just toss down a few random …
[ Leadership and career ] 3 min read
Things I Hate, Episode 1 Brought to you by the Impediment-to-Sales Sales department It was not long ago that I was sitting across a conference room table from our [insert large software vendor of choice here] expecting …