It’s a Sunday morning at 8:30am and I’m here journaling my current status because the incredible rain storm in California has woken me up. My anxiety about our world has heightened my feelings about how we are living through our current times. What the hell are you philosophizing about now, woman? Several people I personally …
Category: Career Development
Reminiscing about the Dog Years
Who remembers their dog years? Is that even a thing anymore? I remember the day when I decided I wanted to go into IT. It’s not noted in my LinkedIn profile because you only list the current work history that is relevant to your industry but before IT, I was a sales person for a …
Moving beyond just technical
You ever notice that some of your coworkers in IT seem to always get the plum projects? Or they get to say “No” to their/your boss without worrying about repercussions? What about how other colleagues always seem to help them out first? It’s like a race and you’re always behind. It seems so unfair. Your …
Transitioning from IT to SE
My transition into my current role brought me reminiscing about how I moved into a pre-sales role at VMware to begin with nearly 5 1/2 years ago. So I’m gonna write about it cause it was a blast! In case it’s not obvious, I highly recommend it if you’ve been curious. Look, the truth is …
New Job, New Challenges
Nearly two years into this pandemic and life has continued to move forward despite every day being groundhog day. I have officially left Sales after 5 1/2 years. I have LOVED every minute of it. Even the ugly bits. I’m happy to say that I have decided to stay at VMware and it’s really because …
Levity as we Extinguish the Dumpster Fire called 2020
And so we come to the end of 2020. 2020 was such a round and even numbered year that you would hope it held good fortune for all. Burn all the fortune cookies that had that in them! Voo doo sacrifice them for a better 2021 and do a rain dance while you’re at it. …
R&R is Ramble & Rant(very 2020)
Hi All. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve truly spent some time online here. Like many of you, I’ve been overwhelmed by the altered reality that I currently live in. Gone are my traveling days. Instead, I find myself in front of my computer every day for sometimes 14 hours a day. Who knew …
Changing roles
Hi All I haven’t written in a while because I’ve just gone through the storm of changing jobs! Yippee! No, I did not leave VMware. I moved from being a Core Solution Engineer to a Cloud Partner Solution Architect, or sometimes I just use Cloud Architect. By the way, it is NOT easy to change …
Why the hell would you blog?
Because you need proof that you exist and you are worth something. No, seriously, that’s why in a nutshell. Ok, I’ll expand. Two years ago I made the transition from being in IT Operations in mostly semiconductor companies for 15 years into a pre-sales role. My street cred was the fact that I was an …