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The Power of Community – Job Search Conclusion
In a prior blog post, I chronicled that I was thrust into a job search, due to a recent layoff. The tech communities that I participate in came rushing to my aid and sent me plenty of job opportunities to … Continue reading
Head in the Clouds: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Before I begin, I will state that I had a very hard time writing this blog post. It wasn’t that the presentation and associated information provided were that tough to disseminate through, it’s just that I felt, for a long … Continue reading
The Power of Community: Job Search Edition, Volume 1
Sitting here in my home office, I’m pondering whether to refer to my career in the present tense or the past tense. Technically, I’m currently without employment. It’s been nearly a month since I was let go by my prior … Continue reading
The Yin Yang of Dell EMC Storage
Chinese philosophy tells us that the concept of yin and yang are one of opposition and combination. Examples of such opposition combinations are easy to find; light and dark, bitter and sweet, and even order and chaos. So, why a … Continue reading
Adding More (Red)Fish to Your Diet
Imagine, if you will, you are someone in a server operations team. As a member of that team, you are expected to keep the multiple layers of that server up to date. When you have only a handful of servers, … Continue reading
Harnessing the Power of PowerShell Advanced Functions
Recently, I published (https://github.com/snoopj123/NXAPI) a community-based PowerShell module so that PowerShell aficionados could interact with Cisco NX-OS switches (specifically the Nexus 5000 and 7000 families) that were running an API package called NX-API. This API package allowed for sending NX-OS … Continue reading
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Amplify: The Story of My 2017
End of the year recaps are about as clichéd as they come. However, I do feel it’s important to see where we start the year and how we end the year. Needless to say, 2017 has been a rather interesting … Continue reading
Three Up/Three Down: HPE Tech Day Edition
In early October, I was approached by Calvin Zito (@CalvinZito on Twitter) about attending a HPE Tech Day in mid-October. He mentioned that this one was going to have a storage focus (which anyone who reads any of my blogs … Continue reading
Becoming a Leader
Leadership. We hear this term thrown around but I think few people actually know what it means to be a leader, let alone an effective leader. Personally, I scoffed at the idea that I would ever be a “leader”. I … Continue reading
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The Golden Rule
Personally, I’ve never claimed to ever be a religious man. However, as a child, I did enough Sunday School activities to remember Matthew 7:12. “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this … Continue reading
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