Things One Should Not Do Late at Night

Okay, late is a relative term. It's only 9:00pm here.

The list:

1. Get drunk and call ex-girlfriends.
2. Get drunk and call current friends (soon to be ex-friends, most likely).
3. Start a blog.

I'm not drunk so you can guess where this is leading.

I run a small IT department for a small business in the Southwest United States. I came upon the job by accident, having already quit my network engineering job the day before and riding out my two week notice. I quit that job because of a lot of different things but my current supervisor was the final straw. More on that in the future, if this thing lasts.

My history is relatively unimportant at the moment aside from a few key things:

1. I'm relatively intelligent in the grand scheme of things.
2. I've never accepted failure as a legitimate option in the pursuit of a goal (but do acknowledge that it is a possibility).
3. I get along with just about everyone...most of the time.
4. I am perfectly willing to admit when I'm wrong about anything if I am provided the evidence as proof.
5. I'm lucky.

The first four are simple personality traits that just about anyone can develop. The last, however, is more about timing and opportunities than out-and-out Lady Luck.

I'm in my late thirties and, with more of #5, on my way to a fairly good career in IT management. I'm done with the tech stuff, if at all possible. I don't mind the hours or the challenges. I'm just tired of dealing with "tech" and not "people". Too much of IT involves backroom hacking or wizard "click here to continue" crap and not enough honest to goodness merging of technology, people and information. I'm changing that.

This blog...okay, honestly, I hate that word. "Blog" is supposed to be short for "weblog", as most of you are aware. The term became the Word of 2004, with blogs hitting the media during the US election. It hasn't died, sadly. If a word can be both a verb and a noun, it's already doomed to become profanity. Think about that one.

This is a journal of experiences and thoughts. Quite elegant, don't you think? "Blog" sounds like someone is hacking up a lung. Go ahead, say it. I'll wait....see? You sound like you're about to puke. So this one is a journal.

This is a journal of experiences and thoughts. I'm in the process of transitioning from a tech background, with a variety of other job experiences, to a management career. At the moment, I'm finishing up a Bachelor's Degree (8 more classes, thank goodness) and learning the ins and outs of management, both firsthand and through the experiences of others. This is my opportunity to collect my thoughts, share them and see what happens.

It's going to be an interesting ride.

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