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It’s probably OK: In any organisation that’s been around for a while, ways of doing things build up and often disconnect from the reasons they were put in place. Things are cited as "rules" which are really just norms. We had to get really good at working out the difference, and on pushing back on some of those rules to get to the core principles. Get involved with the backend people:

What is conversation for anyway? I don’t even recommend being charming, or trying to be charming, unless a work situation is forcing you to do so. Let yourself be sullen when the mood beckons. Feel free to let eye contact lapse. Don’t repeat back what you’ve heard. Say something surprising. Be willing to go meta. Most of all, try to establish a “we actually can have a more genuine conversation than we thought was going to be possible” level of understanding, taking whatever chances are needed to get to that higher level of discourse.

What is conversation for anyway? I don’t even recommend being charming, or trying to be charming, unless a work situation is forcing you to do so. Let yourself be sullen when the mood beckons. Feel free to let eye contact lapse. Don’t repeat back what you’ve heard. Say something surprising. Be willing to go meta. Most of all, try to establish a “we actually can have a more genuine conversation than we thought was going to be possible” level of understanding, taking whatever chances are needed to get to that higher level of discourse.

There's an insane block of travel coming up for me in October, and then Asia in November. Figuring out a "road warrior" job is difficult, and I'm constantly asking if that's the life I want, away from family a lot. The perks - pay, seeing people and places, all the frequent traveler benefits, and also getting exposed to lots of customers and their store - is great. But, it'd also be nice to just be a hermit at home, spending most of my time typing away at things and podcasting.

The global container orchestration market size is expected to grow from USD 326.1 million in 2018 to USD 743.3 million by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.9% during the forecast period. Composed of: SUSE, Oracle, Microsoft, Red Hat, AWS, Google, Docker, Mesosphere, Rancher Labs, Cisco, Critical Stack, Giant Swarm, Ericsson, Aptible, Kontena, SaltStack, Hashicorp, Shippable, Heroku, Joyent, Pivotal, Cloudify. Original source: Container Orchestration Market - Global Forecast to 2023, from Research and Markets

The global container orchestration market size is expected to grow from USD 326.1 million in 2018 to USD 743.3 million by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.9% during the forecast period. Composed of: SUSE, Oracle, Microsoft, Red Hat, AWS, Google, Docker, Mesosphere, Rancher Labs, Cisco, Critical Stack, Giant Swarm, Ericsson, Aptible, Kontena, SaltStack, Hashicorp, Shippable, Heroku, Joyent, Pivotal, Cloudify. Original source: Container Orchestration Market - Global Forecast to 2023, from Research and Markets

People want to change the nature of outsourcing: As this year’s State of Operations and Outsourcing study of 381 enterprise operations leaders across the Global 2000 reveals, only 30% of these relationships will continue to operate in the old model, while a similar number will stick with their service provider if they can have a shift towards business outcome pricing and a degree of automation applied. 27% have already given up on shifting the model with their current provider and have declared their attention to switch, while 17% want to end the misery and focus on bringing the work back inhouse, and look to simply automate it.

People want to change the nature of outsourcing: As this year’s State of Operations and Outsourcing study of 381 enterprise operations leaders across the Global 2000 reveals, only 30% of these relationships will continue to operate in the old model, while a similar number will stick with their service provider if they can have a shift towards business outcome pricing and a degree of automation applied. 27% have already given up on shifting the model with their current provider and have declared their attention to switch, while 17% want to end the misery and focus on bringing the work back inhouse, and look to simply automate it.

The all in one, mid-market systems management appliance. Original source: Quest Software Enhances Kace Systems Management Appliance

The all in one, mid-market systems management appliance. Original source: Quest Software Enhances Kace Systems Management Appliance