Short book review. The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo Moving from an IC (Individual Contributor) position to a management position is quite a challenge but not uncommon. In this book Julie Zhuo summarized many of the best practices of management, and the errors to avoid. I strongly believe that even for team members …

I read a lot of discussions about complexity in networking and IT today that include a large amount of FUD. Topics range from "we'll all lose our jobs because abstraction" to "you can't fix complexity" to "welcome robot overlords" ;-) Info Complexity is something that may be easy to move, even easier and to increment, …

I got inspired by the book "The 1 Thing" and changed a little bit my behavior about work and training I'd like to share here to discuss and improve. The Background A while ago one guy could setup a bunch of physical servers, install/configure/manage OS, configure network equipment and setup a firewall to connect to the …

"Breaking stupid rules for smart results." Not the best book ever but I liked the concept: don't stick to the rules if you feel the rules don't allows to work in and efficient way. Hacking work is actually intrapreneurship and requires a little anarchic spirit. How can we improve if we never try something different? …