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- I Built the Class. Tomorrow I Find Out If It Works.
Tomorrow I teach a course I designed myself for the first time. I built it because of what I saw as a student at DePaul in 2017, sitting in lectures that were years behind the job I already had.
- I Said Director. I'm Not Sure I Meant It.
I started working with a coach a few months ago. He asked where I want to be in five years, and I have been sitting with my own answer ever since.
- I Thought It Would Be Faster
Five months into an architect role. The surprise was not the meetings. It was how long it takes to get anything into a developer's hands.
- Your Pod Is Crashing. Ansible Already Knows.
I co-presented at the Grainger Tech Conference on Event-Driven Ansible and Kubernetes. The demo was not the point. The point was that most developers have Ansible filed under the wrong category.
- The Question My Students Keep Asking
Everyone in my rotational program wanted the product engineering team. I chose the on-call team. Here is why, and what it gave me.
- Hello, World
Why I started this blog, what I think about, and what I keep learning.