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RT @dillspitzen: @scalzi sweet potato pie is the far superior pumpkin pie. (and I don't just say that because eating anything pumpkin caus…

Just wow. This speaks to me so bad https://t.co/0xEcBQCmiB

At the same time, I'm nearly 50 with a family of teens and God I'm feeling old when I look around the virtual office these days.

I've never been interested in management, but I enjoy mentoring. I'm not the deepest engineer (thanks, B.A. in Graphic Design) but prefer engineering to, well, not, and am always trying to grow my experience.

Working for a large enterprise has its up and downs. Multiple changes in management lately have left me trying to figure out my trajectory.

RT @steveivy: Your preference

Your preference

you know what would make my timeline amazing? A "turn of retweets for e'r'buddy" setting #noretweet #noboost(#mastodon has it why don't you)

I've worked in Agile-ish environments before but the book was suddenly relevant after working in a really large enterprise for a few years.

Gene Kim, one of the authors, is about to release a new book - "The Unicorn Project" - set in the same universe (ha!), that explores DevOps principles and impact in the same way. So looking forward to this!

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So a while back I finally got around to reading "The Phoenix Project", the novelized description of a large IT project and leadership's growth in understanding and implementing LEAN principles.

RT @jessenoller: @iamjkeating Bingo. Guess what? The cloud is virtualized computers and can not in fact, alter physics.

Those who forget s…

@gwalli Wait did you say “casserole” or “nachos”

@gwalli Yes, my answer is now “and also all the jalapeño”

@gwalli The answer is always “all the cheese”

RT @MaxCCurtis: For #DoctorWhoDay's 56th, I want to celebrate one woman in particular. Delia Derbyshire literally began Dr Who: the very f…

@collision This is a scene from a Taika Waititi film, and this character will be played by the director.

RT @LackadaisyCats: Does your cat ever just... https://t.co/ce9bnjMwuj

@mrgan Same with food, here. Power-move that.

@jephjacques thanks for the vacuum decay comic, @AstroKatie now wins the biggest downer of all time 😭✨💫🌟

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