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  • Reply To: Is work just work?

    I used to define myself by my work.  Full-on, 100% of the time.  I became known for some of the tools I created, and for some of the things I...

  • Reply To: Do You Have a Talent Gap?

    I see IT executives as being the leading factor impeding tech deployment at my company.

  • Reply To: Easing Back to the Office

    I've been working from home for 15 years for my current employer, prior to COVID.  So my life didn't change one bit during this entire episode.

    But now my company is...

  • Reply To: Tool Limits

    As an infrastructure guy and former consultant, one universal truth that I've observed over the years is the tendency for useful tools that are controlled locally to be replaced with...

  • Reply To: Reteaming

    Definitely pigeon holed at my company.  No movement is possible outside of reorgs, at which time movement is not voluntary.

    To move up, one must move out.

    And that's exactly what the...

  • Reply To: Dread or Desire

    COVID and WFH didn't change my life at all, as I'd already been WFH for 15 years prior to COVID.  No office at all.

    I don't live within a thousand miles...

  • Reply To: Are You Ready To Change Your Work Environment?

    I've been working from home for 15 years at my current employer.  This entire COVID situation hasn't changed my work-life one bit.

    Due to the geographic distribution of the people I...

  • Reply To: The WFH Challenges

    The (large) company that I work for was actively starting to do away with WFH just as this whole Coronavirus thing happened.  Obviously they've had to put a halt to...

  • Reply To: The WFH Challenges

    MVDBA (Mike Vessey) wrote:

    How do you find working with VPN connections, Lag and having to use tools like teams or skype?

    every time I've worked from home then I work twice as hard...

  • Reply To: The WFH Challenges

    I work from home 100% of the time, and have done so for the past 15 years.  I've been quite successful in that mode.  Prior to that, I'd worked in...

  • Reply To: The COVID-19 Impact

    Some Numbers:

    COVID-19 Mortality Rate: 3.4%.   Source: WHO.

    Estimated percentage of people worldwide who will become infected: 40% to 70%.   Source: Harvard University epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch.

    World Population: 7.7 Billion.   Source: Worldometer.

    You guys...

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  • Reply To: Favorite Cars

    '69 Mustang Mach One in high school.  Wrecked it.  Would love to have that car today!

    Two Corvette's.  The world is a different place when you're driving a Corvette.

    Favorite car of...

  • Reply To: Finding Your Own Career

    And while you're doing your Career Planning, don't forget about Retirement Planning.  It may not mean much to you when you're in your 20's and 30's, but it'll mean everything...

  • Reply To: Too Large a Workload?

    We're all bored to tears at work right now.  Finding busy-work just to keep ourselves occupied.

    We're waiting for a big production rollout.  We go into a "holding pattern" for several...

  • RE: Bad Management

    robert.sterbal 56890 - Monday, October 19, 2015 9:05 AM

    If these were publicly traded companies, would you short their stock?

    I wonder if it is ethical...

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