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Category Archives: Life
Huh.
So, I kind of blew off that one-way interview thing and forgot about it, and figured that scuppered my chances for the remote role. Surprisingly, I got an email solicitation for an interview today. Apparently they like what they see. … Continue reading
Whiffed it.
So I kind of expected it, but I didn’t pass the AZ-104. I came close, but not close enough. The exam’s way more fiddly than the AWS equivalent, and requires a lot more hands-on, which I didn’t really do. I … Continue reading
The final countdown.
Coming up on the last day before the exam. Still absolutely not confident I’m going to pass it, but eh, fuck it. The retake’s going to cost me 90 bucks for two more bites at the apple, and I’ll have … Continue reading
The hits just keep on coming.
I swear when I first started out on the whole IT journey, it seemed like the market was totally screwed. It took me forever to get my first “official” IT position and it wasn’t a very good one. But nine … Continue reading
AZ-104.
Last week before the cert exam, and I’m a wee bit nervous. It’s supposed to be a bear, and the course I’ve been going back through has me low-key panicking every time I finish a chapter because I feel like … Continue reading
Meh.
So, yeah, as expected, I got nothing done, just spent the weekend in recovery mode. Not feeling super confident about the AZ-104. I start the testing portion of my process this week, and I’m always nervous before I’ve done the … Continue reading
Off night.
Between working on the first chapter and a really great tropical storm rolling up (one that reminded me of another tropical system a couple of decades ago and someone I watched it with) I spent most of the night in … Continue reading
Helluva night.
So originally I’d planned to be down in Panama City Beach around about this weekend, communing with my long-lost. The job change scuppered that a bit, only for a god damned hurricane to show up, right on schedule. Absolutely bummed … Continue reading
M-m-m-my generation.
Folks of my particular vintage, I believe, have a certain set of advantages. Growing up in the 1980s and into the 1990s, we occupied a really interesting space in terms of technology. We came up with the personal computer, but … Continue reading
What could have been.
So actually getting somewhere on Elsewhere is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it really feels great to write this stuff again. It’s from the heart, not me trying to plot my way through some overly intricate storyline, and … Continue reading