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Category: Website Changes

Posts about changes (either temporary or permanent) coming to the website.

  • The Posts’ Theme Changes Back

    The Posts’ Theme Changes Back

    Starting Monday, March 3rd, the posts’ theme changes on my website back to detailing my journey from a Data Center Technician to a Software Engineer. The new content about any new programming topics I’m learning returns! Also, updates about any new projects on my GitHub profile. So why this change? I’ll explain.

    The Posts’ Theme Changes Back Because I’m Done Giving Career Advice

    I spent the last two weeks giving career advice about why and how to get a Data Center Technician job. (Which you can read here if you missed any of those articles.)

    Data Center Technician jobs are popular now, and since I’m one at Google I wanted to pass along my knowledge to help anyone interested to get a job. Did I? Only time will tell as someone will DM me on LinkedIn to tell me I helped them get a job at XYZ company.

    I said that change in content was temporarily in this post even though I didn’t give a specific date. I knew it would change for an entire week, but then I decided to extend it for another week. After those two weeks I gave all the advice I had to give.

    During that period of time I continued reading my programming books, working on the exercises in the book, and I refactored one of my projects. Of course I will write a post about that so please return next week. In addition that particular post, I will discuss a new book I purchased, and others I may get the approval to order through my employer.

    Finally, I am using video content on YouTube again to learn. I’ll explain what I’m learning in a post next week, and why I decided to use video content when I switched over to books a few months back. Actually, I have two videos in my “Watch Later” playlist about two different topics related to Python.

  • The Posts’ Theme Will Temporarily Change

    The Posts’ Theme Will Temporarily Change

    Starting tomorrow the posts’ theme on my website will temporarily change. I won’t post new content regarding any new programming topics I’m learning, or any new projects on my GitHub. Although I’m still doing that, I just won’t write about it. So why this change? I’ll explain.

    I’ll Change The Posts’ Theme Temporarily To Post Some Career Advice

    The main reason why I’m changing the posts’ theme for a short amount of time so I can post career advice regarding my current role as a Data Center Technician.

    I used to post that content on another domain name I own from late 2023 to the middle of 2024. However, I took down that website after running into some trouble about the interview preparation suggestions for the Data Center Technician role at Google. I either had to edit those posts to remove specific bits of information, or just delete the entire post. At the time I was busy traveling for work and had to move apartments, so it was easier to delete everything.

    However, I decided to repost that content on this website with the required edits? Why did I change my mind? I got some messages on LinkedIn from a few people who remembered my content and used it to get a Data Center Technician job at another company. And recently some of teammates who have a short tenure than me said they found my content when they searched online to prepare for their interview.

    This got me thinking again about how my content did help so many people. And there are more people who need help navigating the current Tech Job Market. (Note: I’m going to write a post about how the Tech Job Market Isn’t Cooked so look out for that too.)

    The upcoming posts are all about how to get a Data Center Technician job, my employment history working in data centers, and the skills one needs to learn or improve to pass the interview and get the job.