Today I received several offers. After nearly two months of looking for a new role the offers all seemed to come at the same time. I made my choice though, and I am proud to say that I will begin working at my new job on June, 29th!
The details are that I accepted an offer from Sentinel Technologies to become their new Solutions Architect for NetApp products. My focus will be on designing enterprise storage solutio
I recently was introduced to Jeffrey Gitomer’s books, videos, and web site by someone that I interviewed with (and although I did not get the job I now have a new member in my personal network). I purchased Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling in order to learn more about the science of sales and the art of selling, because I have been looking into various sales engineer and other customer facing roles. To be m
When it comes to enterprise class storage solutions you have a lot of choices out there. Not only are there a plethora of storage manufacturers to choose from, but many storage manufacturers offer a plethora of products from their brand that handle storage in a plethora of different ways. If you were to ask any of these manufacturers if their solution is the one that is right for you I guarantee that the answer wil
Part of every IT professional’s job is finding answers. Not knowing answers – finding answers! There is a huge difference between the two, in that:
Knowing an answer is great for exams, job interviews, and Jeopardy!
Finding an answer is more important, because you need to find the answer before you can know it.
Here is the dirty little secret:
It is harder work to find the right answers than it is to know t
If you have Internet access you can have a blog. If you are an IT professional you better have a blog, because you have no excuse for not having Internet access! Furthermore, if you are not actively participating in helping to increase the amount of useful knowledge available on the Internet you are not an IT professional. You are merely a button pusher.
I do not write those words to be cruel. I write them to shed
This industry puts a heavy emphasis on technology, of course, but not nearly enough time and energy is spent on training IT professionals on how they should act as professionals. You might think that this is something that can be taken for granted. After all, as long as you know how the technology works who cares if your professional and social skills are a little rough around the edges?
The customer cares. That is
