Bronto on Notes from the Rabbit Hole

state of the nerd

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:26:50 -0400

It’s been awhile since I’ve written, and much has changed. I thought it was time to lay down some updates. Since my last post, I’ve made some big career decisions.

Career

The elephant in the room. Let’s tackle that first.

Happiness is important. And it’s been a little while since I’ve had happiness in my career. I think the last time I was truly happy was the first time that I actually enjoyed being in a leadership position.

Temporarily Unemployed

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:20:02 -0400

Yesterday was my last day at Red Hat. I wasn’t there for long. It was really very bittersweet to leave. I loved the company, I loved the corporate culture. But I felt the greatest constraint on my success there (and the success of the mission for which I was hired) was coming from above, and it was increasingly clear that this wasn’t going to improve. That’s all I really want to say about that. I don’t want to look in the rear view mirror, but rather ahead to better days.

BeardOps

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:40:10 -0400

I’ve been working on a bucket list item for 8 months now: “grow a year beard”.

What’s a year beard? That’s simple: a year beard (or yeard) is a beard that is allowed to grow, untrimmed, for a full year. Some might say I cheat, though, because I do keep my mustache trimmed.

The beard is at 8 months now. The texture of my beard hair is rather fine and straight, so the downside is that it’s not all that dense. On the upside, the length isn’t too bad for an 8 month old beard. I’m now occasionally putting some braids in it, releasing my inner Viking and whatnot.