After about two years working for ExactTarget it was time for a change. For quite a while I have been feeling discontent with the more technical aspects of my job – managing certain technologies that, while important, hold no interest to me. Through much soul searching I realized that while I am a technically backgrounded [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Work’
I’m told pretty frequently by people I work with that I make getting things done easy. They usually say this with a note of surprise – as if they were expecting me to make it difficult. Security is not supposed to be about making it difficult for a business to get things done. If [...]
Disconnected: An experiment in the work – life balance.
Posted: 10th September 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, Life, Technology, Vacation, Wine, Work
I think sometimes that we, as a society, work too much. There’s a feeling that in order to get ahead at the office we have to put in inordinate amounts of time in the office, or even work while we’re at home as well. I am not immune to this ridiculous idea – I often [...]
In which John thinks long term…
Posted: 15th February 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, Education, MBA, Work
For a while now I’ve been thinking about, and really considering, my career. In a few years time I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to do a lot of really cool things, from co-founding technology companies to building a security program around a federal government project. It’s been a wonderful ride so far, and I’m [...]
Time to spice things up a bit…
Posted: 24th January 2009 by John in PersonalTags: happy, new job, Work
Ok, not really. Well, maybe. I’ve been fairly silent over the past week. That’s something that in and of itself isn’t too much of a shock… there are times when I go for weeks without posting anything, so why should a handful of days be special? Well – in this case – they were special. [...]
