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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Passed my Security Exam :)

Although I was so nervous (more than I ever had been going up to it).

Although I had the interview at Osirium; a combination of after the exam, being hot and sluggish I feel didn't help me, but I will wait and pray and see what happens - if I don't get it, I won't be sad. There are always better opportunities out there :)

Had a small date night with Boo last night; we went to Nando's and it was nice :)

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

It has been a long long time since I have blogged and a Lot has happened!

I thought about writing yesterday and just never got around to doing it - I actually was about to start a helpdesk ticketing course when I thought about blogging and i thought i might as well offload and share my thoughts on things i have thought about.

So recently, I have been thinking getting skills that are sort of low level for the role that I am in (things like learning how to use Active Directory, which is what i have always wanted to learn for some time), Windows Server and such. I was on linkedin browsing and saw a post about Jobskillshare and I thought 'why not do it on the side?' So I remade an account (had one before but forgot the credentials) and started. I will see where that takes me.

We celebrated our 2 year anniversary last Wednesday and i can stay hands down that i enjoyed it - we saw the Lion King live at the Lyceum Theater and it was a good day - we sat in a park for lunch then saw the play then ate at a restaurant that Naomi had been to before. The Sunday before was Naomi's 30th which was another amazing event. I did a lot of prep work and it went well :) we had tons to eat afterwards as well!

Work so far has been going good - I am gaining a lot of knowledge in Cisco and very comfortable with what I do - we had a team meeting at Cisco Meraki a couple of weeks back and just remembered that Naomi and I also went to a marriage retreat - which was very good as well in Daventry (it started on the Friday after the team meeting which is why i mentioned it now). One of the members, Os, who was a mentor and an older brother to me, left last week for a smaller competitor and it got me thinking about the issues that the team i am in face and whether these things are going to be solved and IF they can be solved or not.. we will see.. but i am watching and waiting on that front. The fact that 2 guys since i have been there has left for the SAME reasons makes me a bit antsy and the fact that i can't shadow because of the recent departure also makes me wonder about things as well...

Gym has taken a slight back seat but I am trying to stay motivated and started doing HIIT again, but at a lower frequency.

I also made a list of things I wanted to accomplish skill wise to make me more diverse in the workplace - these are:

  1. becoming CCNA Sec & Wireless certified 
  2. becoming CMNA (Cisco Meraki version of Wireless) certified
  3. getting good at pen testing
On the Japanese teaching front, nothing has happened, which is a bit of a shame, but I will keep pushing it out there and trying. I thought about doing a Udemy course on it - I will consider that. 

If I decide to work out of London, I will definitely look into leasing a car as that seems a lot cheaper and easier for me. Certain recruiters come to me seeing as I do pre-sales, so the idea isn't far from me. As much as I love the job, the commute is taking a toll of me little by little. But i will wait and pray and develop while I am at the job I am at now. 

House deposit saving has begun - I want to do all I can to speed it up somehow, but unless I make more money or come into money, i can't, which is a bit frustrating but oh well.