Dreamforce 2018

This used to be one of the world’s largest conferences, with around 180,000 attendees in 2018. Hotel rooms in San Francisco had long been sold out – in at least one prior year, the organizers had docked a cruise ship at a city wharf to house attendees. I was asked at the last minute to… Continue reading Dreamforce 2018

Red flags in interviewing: How do they treat wait staff?

Everyone seems to have advice about what potential employers and employees should look out for in the hiring process. Some of the suggestions for job seekers come from a position of privilege, and assume that you have multiple job offers to choose among. This was never the case for me, so I completely understand that… Continue reading Red flags in interviewing: How do they treat wait staff?

VMworld 2018

I became one of a small cadre of people authorized to live-tweet from AWS-branded Twitter handles, including AWSonAir which is used for live coverage of major AWS events. My first assignment was VMworld, held that year in Las Vegas, where a big joint announcement was being made. If I recall correctly, this was the first… Continue reading VMworld 2018

EkoSystem Day 2018

An event about all things Kubernetes on AWS, held at the AWS Loft in San Francisco. You might also like: AWS Summit Milan 2018 AWS Evangelists’ Summit 2017 Dockercon 2017 ZFS Day and illumos Day 2012