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A Garden Leave Retrospective: Hope is Not a Strategy, But Origami Might Be

When my “gardening leave” began, I didn’t dig in the dirt; I am not an outdoorsy person.…

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19 Things I’ve Found to be True Over 19 Years in Tech.

After 19 years of working at Google, I’ve decided to embark on a new adventure. The team has handed …

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The Importance of Networking for Your Career: 9 Habits That Actually Worked for Me

Every single job I’ve had in my career came about as a result of someone I knew. Not a cold ap…

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How AI Makes Your New Year’s Health & Wellness Resolutions Achievable

The calendar ticking over is typically a time of reflection and for setting lofty goals for the new …

Watercolor interpretation of the view from the Marker Hotel in Dublin. There is a large smokestack in the foreground and a round building representing Dublin Convention Center in the background marked with an arrow.

Minimizing the Blast Radius: How I SRE’ed My COVID Diagnosis in Dublin

The arrow in this picture shows where I was supposed to be during SREcon EMEA 2025 (at Dublin Conven…

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How to SRE Anything.

I’ve worked at the intersection of Site Reliability Engineering and Program Management for over a de…