April 2008
It is nice to be remembered.
Fri, 2008-04-25 00:12 | by Erin
So I have been doing some work for a company that I worked for before in America.
When I started there I was fresh out of computer careerer training and had only passed a couple of tests and gotten Microsoft Professional Certification. Which was pathetic even at the time. When I think how now I am Unix Administrator for the second largest ISP in all of Japan..... man how things have changed.
I started at the golf company with out a clue, and through allot of hard work and help from others, I built what is still one of the strongest standing testaments of my ability.
But this is not really about me .... it is about how it got done.
My old boss got fired and my new boss came in .... I did not meet him on the first day cause my newborn son and wife were leaving the hospital and I wanted to take them home. When I did meet him he layed it all out.
"We are behind" Bubby said "We need to connect these 2 sites to our ERP app by the end of the month. I hear we have Citrix and Citrix Licenses, you should look into that."
With that he went back to reading his e-mail and sending instant messages.
Over the next couple of days we decided on Citrix and got the routing setup via frame relay. This was particularly funny, cause I had never worked on a actual router in my life and was still having trouble setting up Windows in some situations.
I went to my boss .... "Bubby I do not know how to configure these things."
When I started there I was fresh out of computer careerer training and had only passed a couple of tests and gotten Microsoft Professional Certification. Which was pathetic even at the time. When I think how now I am Unix Administrator for the second largest ISP in all of Japan..... man how things have changed.
I started at the golf company with out a clue, and through allot of hard work and help from others, I built what is still one of the strongest standing testaments of my ability.
But this is not really about me .... it is about how it got done.
My old boss got fired and my new boss came in .... I did not meet him on the first day cause my newborn son and wife were leaving the hospital and I wanted to take them home. When I did meet him he layed it all out.
"We are behind" Bubby said "We need to connect these 2 sites to our ERP app by the end of the month. I hear we have Citrix and Citrix Licenses, you should look into that."
With that he went back to reading his e-mail and sending instant messages.
Over the next couple of days we decided on Citrix and got the routing setup via frame relay. This was particularly funny, cause I had never worked on a actual router in my life and was still having trouble setting up Windows in some situations.
I went to my boss .... "Bubby I do not know how to configure these things."
Signs of Life
Thu, 2008-04-10 20:16 | by Erin
When your on your on when your not ... your not.
I love being busy. It is part of what makes being me.... me.
In the past couple of weeks there has been so much to blog or vlog or SMOG about that I can say I passed overwhelmed about a week ago.
Man since my last post,
Eric has lost both his bottom front teeth, and graduated kindergarten and entered first grade. Ya they start the school in March here.
Eric and Satomi went to Okinawa for a vacation with Satomi's Mom, while I went to America on business.
During that time my Uncle Jay died, he was a tough guy to work for but the last time I saw him, last year he was pretty good to talk to. I did a network survey and analysis of a system I built 5 years ago. It was good to see that it stood the test of time but still it was in need of some love. Kevin I am getting on that documentation right after this.
I stayed at my sisters house, drank a couple of beers with my brother, blew some stuff up with Jay-Dog and got the old Izzo crew back together. It was cool. Oh ya and Corey if you read this tell Amy I thought she looked really slim, but she is still too tough for me!
Sorry if I didn't call or stop by while I was in town but don't hate me too much. I was really busy.
I went to Manila in the Philippine's for a international rugby 10's tournament. Manila is not my kinda place but matches we had were great! We won 3 out of 4 and only allowed 1 try the whole tournament!
Oh crap I almost forgot.... WORK!
I love being busy. It is part of what makes being me.... me.
In the past couple of weeks there has been so much to blog or vlog or SMOG about that I can say I passed overwhelmed about a week ago.
Man since my last post,
Eric has lost both his bottom front teeth, and graduated kindergarten and entered first grade. Ya they start the school in March here.
Eric and Satomi went to Okinawa for a vacation with Satomi's Mom, while I went to America on business.
During that time my Uncle Jay died, he was a tough guy to work for but the last time I saw him, last year he was pretty good to talk to. I did a network survey and analysis of a system I built 5 years ago. It was good to see that it stood the test of time but still it was in need of some love. Kevin I am getting on that documentation right after this.
I stayed at my sisters house, drank a couple of beers with my brother, blew some stuff up with Jay-Dog and got the old Izzo crew back together. It was cool. Oh ya and Corey if you read this tell Amy I thought she looked really slim, but she is still too tough for me!
Sorry if I didn't call or stop by while I was in town but don't hate me too much. I was really busy.
I went to Manila in the Philippine's for a international rugby 10's tournament. Manila is not my kinda place but matches we had were great! We won 3 out of 4 and only allowed 1 try the whole tournament!
Oh crap I almost forgot.... WORK!