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1500x Day One
Today marks 1500 days at AWS, and as hinted in my last post, I will use this milestone to reflect. When I look back I see a few themes over these 1500 days – hiring, inspiring, building, and mastering. Today, I’ll go deeper into hiring …. Hiring I’ve done a lot of hiring, having participated… Continue reading
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Four years have flown by
This week I passed my 4 years at AWS, and what an interesting time it’s been. Since my last post, we still find ourselves in a global pandemic, dealing with the latest variant which continues to impact our lives. All the members of the household have had their 2 vaccines and have been recently boosted,… Continue reading
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1000 days (+ 205 days WFH)
A little milestone just crept up, 1000 days at AWS. Today also marks 205 days since I’ve been in “Work From Home” (WFH) mode. My little workspace has served me well so far. Another milestone I’m closing in on, is 200 hiring events during my time at AWS. It hasn’t just been for roles in… Continue reading
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700 Days with an unexpected twist!
Today is my 700th day at AWS. Nice round number eh? 1 year, 11 months since I started! The team has grown, with new hires in Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane (and Perth). It’s been a wild ride, or should I say a wild ryde 🦄. Now, the twist is that my daughter Emma is starting today… Continue reading
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500 (aka D) days
Today I mark 500 days at AWS. Why D? Well that’s 500 in roman numerals – Duh! Those 500 days have really flown by. I continue to lead a team of Solutions Architects who help customers on their cloud journey, and my scope increased in 2019, so I now also lead teams based in NSW… Continue reading
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100 days, but still Day One
I’ve just hit 100 days with AWS. It’s been a mix of on-boarding, travel, working with my team, learning what needs to be done, and culminated with a few days last week at AWS Summit in SYDNEY Looking back at my TripIt stats, it kinda says it all….. 2018 TRAVEL STATS Trips 8 Days 38… Continue reading
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Leaving Telstra
It’s been 1430 days or thereabouts, since I started my adventure with Telstra. First with the API strategy, then with the Innovation Ecosystem System engagement within the CTO; not to mention my “side hustles” with muru-d, codeclub, telstra foundation, techfugees, CSIRO ON:, Austrade, countless hack events and I even featured as a guest on a… Continue reading
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It’s been 1337 days since i started at Telstra, to be part of the team working on the API Strategy and it feels appropriate on this 1337 d4y5 1337 d4y5 47 73l57r4 to see the next chapter of the API work be written, with Steve Cooper, aka @DeveloperSteve coming onboard to take this to the next… Continue reading
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3 years on, break out the leather, crystal or glass
Each year I do a little retrospective post marking my work anniversary, and today I it’s time to continue the tradition. First up here’s some of those previous posts covering my time at Telstra new year, new house, new job 12 Months In 546 Days 730 Days & 23 trips to Sydney! 1,000 Days During the last… Continue reading
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We Want You! Hustler, Hacker, Hipster
I just passed my 90 days in Telstra’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) based out of the Gurrowa Innovation Lab in Melbourne. It’s been a full-on period which included revisiting our WHY (thank you Simon Sinek) So now that we have a better idea of our WHY, we’re looking for a few special folks to come… Continue reading