My final day at Summit was filled with more great presentations by some brilliant community leaders. First was the talk by Jeff Hicks on CSV, JSON and XML. Jeff pointed out and demo’d many interesting ways to deal with these data formats and the advantages/disadvantages to each. Next, I caught Read more…
Day 3 of Summit for me was largely more great breakout sessions, hosted by some brilliant presenters. First off was Lee Holmes who discussed “Defending against PowerShell attacks”. I think Lee is probably one of the few people who can retain my attention for an hour and 45 minutes straight. Read more…
On Tuesday, the breakout sessions and deep dives really start. I started the day by having the grand idea of getting up and going to the gym to workout. This is one of those things that sounds like a great idea, but sometimes you realize was a horrible idea. In Read more…
Finally after a few years of saying “Yeah I should go to this” and never pulling the trigger, I decided it was time to attend the PowerShell Summit in Bellevue. I was so anxious to attend I actually bought my ticket and had all my accommodations done in November. I Read more…
As an IT professional who has attended many conferences and trainings, I have always had a small desire to be a presenter. Although it is a daunting task to do, I felt I may have the ability to do a decent job at it. This, of course, goes against the Read more…
Working in IT is hard. Not to say I do not enjoy what I do, but working in a field that is constantly growing and evolving also means you have to grow and evolve with it, or else you die. Not to say you literally croak, but your skills will Read more…
Throughout my career I have enjoyed learning many different technologies such as Active Directory, Exchange, PowerShell and Linux. I would not say I am an “expert” in any of these areas but I do have a good amount of experience using them. I enjoy working with and learning new things. Read more…
Having been in the IT field for 10 years and worked at three organizations, I have dealt with many different recruiters along the way. My resume is posted in just about every job search site known to man, so naturally I get at least 1-2 calls per day from recruiters Read more…
For the first few years of my IT career, I was strictly a point-and-click Windows admin. Installing a package? Click, install, next, next, next, select button, yadda, yadda, yadda. Create a new AD user? Right click, New > User, yadda, yadda, yadda. You get my drift. I had only been Read more…
I’ve always wanted to be interviewed, and since I am not even close to being famous there is only one person who is willing to conduct one. Me. So let the narcissism role! Q. So how did you get into IT? A. That’s a great question. So back in late Read more…