A Fresh Start...
Today I'm starting a new journey down a path I've never taken before. I've worked in the IT field for over 20 years, in all manner of technical roles, and supporting countless computer products and systems. In all that time, I've never felt comfortable openly sharing my knowledge through public forums or blogs, always fearing the repercussions and verbal backlash from misspoken instruction or misstated guidance. I feel it's time to change that mentality and break free from my comfort zone of sitting in the back row, silently utilizing the knowledge of other brilliant people in the field, and never passing on what I've learned. I want to be part of a greater community of IT analysts, admins, engineers, architects and the like, that I've come to consider my secondary family. I'm also at a pinnacle point in my career where I've had opportunities to take point on various projects and truly let my light shine, developing many of my own solutions, tips, a...