If you've read any of my How to DevOp series (part 1 and part 2 available here), you've probably learned things about how IT careers progress; first slowly, then faster, and then slow again. What I did not address is exactly what you change into when…
Thanks for getting this far! If this is the first part of my series on my experiences between being a fresh BA grad to a decently successful DevOps engineer, you can read part 1 here. If you've already read part 1, let's not tarry. There'…
Part Zero: Introduction Long-form writing is a largely dead art, and that's why I take to it with such joy. While it's somewhat self-indulgent and self-flagellating at once, there's something about the craft that makes you think and reflect in a way that talking…
“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.” ~ Orange Catholic Bible "Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infra-red, How I hate the night." ~ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy…
Looking at Walter, he didn't seem like much. Just a rusted box with a studded head. But his head wasn't a head; it was a steel frame that protected him from moisture and apparently nothing else. "How've you been?" I asked him.…
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” ~Unknown “Stop trying to make fetch happen.” ~ Regina George Part 1: Yap Playing well with others is a core competency. As my child advances through preschool, I’m beginning to hear noise about the other kids (never mine!) and their tendencies to bite, poke,…
I augmented this post from a Reddit comment that I made earlier today in /r/experiencedDevs; in case you’re a subscriber and this whole spiel sounds familiar, it’s the same story. It happened to me. I would sooner be broken on the wheel than plagiarize something that actually…
"The entire Russian empire is ruled by ten thousand clerks!" ~Tsar Alexander II, final words Why did I choose this life? Well, for starters, I was born into it. Then, a lot happened. I walked, grew up, ran, swam, got spat on, turned on a computer, learned to…