Where am I going?

As I sit on my front porch enjoying a dry day in August I think back on what I wanted to do with this site and where I wanted to go with a small business…

Since my initial idea I have been hired by a fairly large company that makes Smartphones and does a very good job of it as well. It has made me think that I might not be cut out for running my own business – right now – I like the “Security” of a large corporation with deep pockets. Maybe in a few years, once I have security and my kids are a bit older, I will venture into an entrepreneurial role.

I am not going to give up on speaking and helping people understand Technology, its benefits and its shortcomings. It will just have to be a part time, evening and weekend thing.

I think that life will give you what you need but you have to look for and reach for it. Just don’t reach too far. Sometimes it is better to wait for things to come to you.

Next time. A Technology Article. I promise.

Job Discernment or Discerning Life?

As I sit in the Red Brick Cafe in Guelph enjoying a nice cup of dark roast (I never got into the latte, cappuccino thing) I am pondering where to go next.

We are told that we will have something like 20 different jobs in our life and something like three to five careers or more. I am getting close to that now and I have at least another 30 years to work at least. So now that I have spent  almost 10 years in one company, the longest stint at a company not owned by family, and am out looking for work. Where do I want to go?

I love working with technology. What technology you ask? Well I don’t discriminate. I love to find out about new technologies. Period. I have a background in Telecommunication Systems Design and have designed radios and communication systems. I have worked in rugged computer design making hand held computers that could be dropped from buildings or run over by trucks. I designed a single stage 120dB audio amplifier for a analogue cassette player that turned a 90 minute cassette into a book with 24 hours of audio (pre MP3). I have helped design wireless access points and application servers.

I love to see the applications of technology. I look at a something and can see a totally different application for it.

I spent a lot of time running development projects as a Project and Program Manager now, Program Management was a lot of fun but I was missing something. I realized that I truly enjoyed promoting the great products I was helping to develop.  But I didn’t get to do that enough with Customers and Users. I only got to do that with the Sr. Management of my company. the Sr. Managers were really important to present to but the customers were the ones that gave me the most fun.

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