Personal and administrative notes.

Those of you who have been following this blog know that I have been unemployed since late last November.

I am pleased to announce that things have changed. I started working today (on a contract to hire basis) for the IronPort division of Cisco here in Austin. I will be doing support for their email security products.

I’m pretty happy about this. So far, the environment seems better, and this puts me closer to where I would like to be in terms of personal and professional goals.

What this means to the blog:

  1. There’s going to be a period of adjustment while I figure out my blogging schedule. I think I can blog in the morning before work, but we will have to see how things go.
  2. I won’t be discussing Cisco on this blog, per my policy of not discussing non-public matters involving my employers.
  3. This does mean that I will not be attending DEFCON 21. Sorry, Borepatch. (For some reason, I can’t post on his blog: neither Google nor OpenID work for me.) I am hoping to attend both next year’s DEFCON and the S&WCA convention, though.

My thanks to everyone for their support during this difficult time.

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4 Responses to “Personal and administrative notes.”

  1. Borepatch says:
    July 27, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    Congrats! I’d offer to introduce you to a bunch of Cisco guys, but I’m not sure that I’m not persona non grata with the Ironport folks. :-p

    But Cisco’s a great company. Sorry you won’t be in Vegas, but getting paid cash money is a Very Good Thing.

  2. stainles says:
    July 27, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    It sounds like there is a story there, Borepatch, but we should probably discuss that privately.

    We’re still in the honeymoon period, but so far I’m very happy with the environment and the people.

    And, yes, cash money is a very good thing. Especially since I went to the gun show today. Unfortunately, the prices on Smiths are being pushed upwards…but I did get what I thought was a nice deal on a Tom Threepersons holster from El Paso Saddlery.

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