What I actually spend my time doing
Self-assessed, grounded in real project work rather than a certification checklist.
Systems Administration
25 years of keeping mixed fleets patched, imaged, and out of the way of the people using them.
Cloud
Identity-first cloud administration, with hybrid environments as the default, not the exception.
Automation
If I do it more than twice, it becomes a script.
Programming
Practical, ops-grade code — built to run unattended and fail loudly when something's wrong.
Networking
VLAN segmentation, reverse proxying, and overlay networking — mostly learned by running it at home first.
Leadership
Building technicians into teams that outperform their staffing numbers.
Documentation
"Memory is volatile. Markdown is durable." — undocumented systems are unfinished systems.
Security
Identity governance and network segmentation as the day-to-day baseline, not a once-a-year audit.
AI
Early, practical adoption — not hype. If it saves the team real time, it stays.