Tag: Fired

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. -Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee I feel a voluminous calmness now. I “lost” my job yesterday. Except, I didn’t lose it. I gave it back. They actually asked me — after firing me — to provide them a...

I get to see a lot of companies, their infrastructure and their systems architecture through my consulting activities. Over the past 10 years both Kubernetes and Apache Kafka have become extremely common and popular in many businesses. And very often not for the good. Kubernetes and Kafka: Dr...

Kenny has high business intellect. I met him in a co-sharing space. We share the same hot desk. And we greet when our eyes meet. Of course. We talk. Everyone is curious about everyone else. Running a startup? What are you doing here? Why did you choose here? Hey, nice polo. Wow, shiny sh...

After fifty years on this earth, I’m finally privy to how selfish millionaires think. I guess it’s why they’re millionaires and not volunteer puppy cuddlers. They have no warmth, no kindness, and no forethought into how damaging their actions can be. The wording on my termina...