Background
General
| At some point I started measuring my life in decades. I
spent 10 years as a commercial photographer. 10 years as a
database developer and now I am too rapidly approaching 10
years as a networking and network security consultant and
implementer.
During all of that time the following have always remained constant:
In each role I have been blessed with being able to work with great people in interesting environments on interesting technologies. My good fortune has allowed me to travel to over 20 cities in the USA as well as seven countries on three continents—all on someone else’s nickel. "I'm getting too old and cranky to march to the tune of
every fool that finds a drum."
"We are the people our parents
warned us about." |
 Wandering through the ruins of Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland |
Quotes
| As a side interest, I collect quotes. Two that I have
always tried to remember are:
"Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself
seriously" "I can't say I'm proud of all of the things that I've
done But I can say I've never intentionally hurt anyone" Some others I like: "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." "America believes in education: the average professor earns
more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a
whole week." "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have
for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
"None who have always been free can understand the terrible
fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not
free." "Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been
poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that
we can't eat money." "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you
commit atrocities." "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when
you know that you would lie if you were in his place." |
 Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed |
Resume
I encourage all students, at all levels, to have their resume available and updated -- a life-time work in progress. Over the years I've seen too many opportunities lost or diminished by not being able to put a current resume in an interested party's hands at the moment they are thinking about you. By the same token, I was able to spend three of the best months of my life in South Africa in part because I was able to get a resume to London within minutes of the opportunity posting.
I also suggest that people place their resume in a place where others can see it and comment on it. To avoid being a hypocrite I do the same, here is mine. Please feel free to comment as you see fit. Resume
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