Still working at the same place from a year ago. It’s been very demanding. My roles and responsibilities have expanded to networking, cybersecurity, datacenter and a whole lot of whatever solutions. I’ve done a lot of things – from being deployed to far-off sites for a couple of weeks to planning events. I didn’t expect to experience so much stuff like this when I got here, but I did and I think it made me a better more well-rounded “IT” person.
I’ve had a lot of different realizations. I’m still very deeply passionate about cybersecurity, but the solutions-side has been very engaging. I don’t know how I feel about selling and making a business out of things, but it’s let me played with all sorts of technologies. I’m a jack-of-all-trades right now, but I think deep down I still want to “specialize” in something. It feels good to “know everything” though, but I feel like I’m going to hit a wall sometime soon. It’s all been ups, sometimes downs, but mostly ups, but for how long though. I don’t know. I’ve been fighting to keep this imposter syndrome back. It makes me wonder what direction I really want to take this ship while I’m still young.
I kind of want to go back to school and get a masters. I think that’s a comfort pick right now. Bolster up those skills and credentials. I’ve also thought of maybe doing my own thing. I think people underestimate open-source stuff a lot. I don’t know if I have the capacity, but that’s also on the table. I won’t say what that looks like though :P. I think I’ve done once of every type of like part of IT in my journey at the org, and I honestly want to take that next step.