Archive for January, 2010

Well, 2009 was a great year.in all, it went fast and with it brought a lot of big changes with it. I made a massive career change into IT, got a beautiful new niece, ended a 7 year relationship, made a bunch of great new friends, dislocated my shoulders countless times and no longer own any mountain bikes at all! There are some pretty epic changes there, but all for the best and stoked to be where I am in my life at the moment and the opportunities I have as a result.

I finished my major 2009 New Years Resolution only a few days ago; acquiring my Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification. Stoked to have done it as it’s a well recognised certification in IT and proves I know my stuff; which I really needed to do coming from completely disparate industries (Bicycle Import/Wholesale to IT).

In 2010 I want to further my industry certifications firstly on some well known more broad scope ones such as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and upgrading my MCSE from 2003 to 2008. After that I am going to start specialising myself a bit more. I think one of the most interesting and booming areas of IT at the moment is Virtualisation;. VMware definitely has a large presence, but Microsoft and Citrix are really going to challenge this with their excellent and affordable (at times free!) Hyper Visor platforms. In reality, if you can do one of those brands, you can do them all it’s just like driving a different car; essentially everything works the same. I currently use all the Hyper Visor technologies in one form or another at work and at home, but I’m going to choose to specialise in Microsoft Hyper-V virtualisation. While it doesn’t currently have some of the enterprise features of VMware, it has most of the sought after features and is by far the most cost effective solution for SME’s which is the area I would like to stay in. SAN engineering and management is also something that goes hand in hand with virtualisation and something I will also be pursuing.

So I figure I should write down some 2010 New Years resolutions (geek goals!) down so I have something to work towards:

• Obtain CCNA certification
• Upgrade MCSE 2003 to MCSE 2008
• Obtain MCITP : Enterprise Administrator Certification

Non-Geek Goals for 2010:

• Get surgery on at least 1, preferrably both my shoulders to stop them dislocating
• Do a “photo-a-day” photoblog
• Drink a whole slab of beer by myself on Australia Day
• Plan moving to New York to work in 2011/2012
• Get my car license (P’s), next test is the 12th of Jan
• Get my motorbike license (L’s)