It's probably a character flaw, but I enjoy being on the cusp of being overwhelmed at work. Since we're shorthanded, that's a daily occurrence. We've been interviewing candidates, and I must admit I like the way we're doing it. We're asking the normal questions, getting their background, then we give them a synopsis of our infrastructure. After they look it over, we give them a series of troubleshooting scenarios. So far, 2 candidates totally freaked, and couldn't solve any of the situations. One got them all (he want's waaay too much money), and the one yesterday did pretty good. Hopefully we can get through this and make an offer before too long. So many of the tasks that our dearly departed co-worker (no, not dead, just gone) had on his plate are coming home to roost, and I think that we can cover them well, if we can get help on the phones.
Two weeks from tomorrow I fly to Orlando for the Dell/Equallogic storage forum, where I'm going to be one of the speakers. I just realized that I'm going to have to get a sitter for the boys...I don't think I could safely leave them by themselves from Sunday to Friday evening. Fortunately, I've a service I've used before, and they've always done a good job. Given that they spend so much of their time sleeping, I don't really expect them to miss me...as long as they don't get their nose out of joint and do rude things to my belongings. These haven't so far, but I've had cats in the past that were vengeful creatures, and would crap in your shoes or pee all over the closet in retribution for real or imagined slights. Probably why I like cats...they don't hold back.
As to the forum, I've been going over my spiel in my head for days now. I've always enjoyed public speaking, and this is a topic I'm a believer in. Chortle, chortle...I really love talking about subjects that I'm invested in. Probably the egotist in me, but I dare anyone out there to say that they don't enjoy being the center of attention...at least if you know what you're talking about, and you're speaking to a sympathetic crowd. I've thought more than once that being a trainer or a speaker at tech forums would be a wonderful way to spend retirement, once I finally get to that point.
The casinos in Tunica were re-opening this weekend. I almost feel like I should go down and lose some money, just to tell them "welcome back, glad you're not in New Orleans!".
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