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Category Archives: career
From Multi-Vendor To Single-Vendor
Careers take a funny turn a lot of times. Opportunities come up that you weren’t expecting and the timing is never as perfect as you want it to be. At least, that is how it has always been with me. … Continue reading
In Pursuit of the CCIE
Just a short post to let you know this blog is not dead. I have not written anything in several months. While I have several posts that are partially complete, I have not been able to finish them…..yet. For the … Continue reading
Posted in career, ccie, learning, wireless
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The Importance of Product Education
I learned something new this afternoon. While other users of this product were already aware of it, I was not. This is something that is specific to the Wi-Fi community, but there is a larger point affecting all practitioners of … Continue reading
Posted in career, learning, training, wireless
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Can I Be Brutally Honest?
There are several reasons I love being on the road. One of them is the sense of accomplishment I get from doing a particular job in a set amount of time. There is a defined period in which I will … Continue reading
Posted in career
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A Training Class Where I Actually Learned Something
TL/DR – Canned labs never work for me. Training for me has always been hit or miss. I have had better luck with in person classes than online training. I realize that everyone learns differently, so I suppose you pick … Continue reading
Posted in aruba, career, learning, training
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Choosing Sides In Technology
I started out the evening writing a post on Aruba ClearPass, but this has been weighing on my mind lately, so I figured Aruba ClearPass can wait. It seems that the Internet is filled with all sorts of opinions as … Continue reading
Posted in career, selling
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Architecting Supportable Designs…..and a rant or two.
I just spent 9 weeks on site with a client building out a network reference architecture. The goal was to provide them with a framework they could use to configure their network in the future without having to reinvent the … Continue reading
Posted in career, documentation
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People Who Ask Why
There are a lot of things I want to teach my kids, but at the same time, I find myself not wanting to for certain things. Let me explain. For the first years of my children’s lives, they made very … Continue reading
Posted in career, learning, training, troubleshooting
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Appreciating Complexity
For four years, I played the French Horn in school. I learned a fair amount about music. Mainly, I learned how difficult it was to write music. Not just writing it, but also performing it at a high level. Once … Continue reading
Posted in career, efficiency
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One Man’s Opinion On VAR Life
Back in October of 2012, I had a very lengthy video chat with Mark McClure, who is a freelance white paper and case study writer based out of Japan. He wanted to get my opinion on content marketing and how … Continue reading
Posted in career
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