So what happened since December, 2018:
- Google Cloud Certification – certainly getting there was an interesting experience, exam was different than any exams that I ever took before – which I really liked (maybe partially because I passed it?)
- Cisco Live in San Diego in June:
- San Diego is the place that certainly makes me feel great
- Keynotes, announcements and some of the sessions that I managed to attend certainly not as nearly exciting and interesting as my last Cisco Live event in 2010 – it seemed no one really understood why they are attending or presenting at the event
- Foo Fighters at the customer appreciation event – was the best concert I’ve ever been. Dave Grohl has crazy amount of energy that I’ve never witnessed before!
- Last day of the show – Avi Networks acquisition news came that completely derailed me for the rest of the year – as I never could predict to be VMware employee again
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- Bangalore, India trip:
- In July I was presented with a unique opportunity to visit Avi Networks office in Bangalore
- It was my first visit to India, and it was an absolutely incredible experience to meet in person many of the exceptional Avi Engineers that have worked with my customers
- It was no cultural shock for me as many things in Russia are similar to what I could see in India. Friendly honking with no face expression was the newest thing for me
- Back to VMware:
- It has been two years and a couple of months since my departure from the company and it’s shocking to see all that changes
- It’s really great to reconnect with my old friends
- Avi is still in the early stages of the integration and so far we all action as before – all together as part of NSBU (Network and Security Business Unit)
- Technical blogging – there is a draft list of topics that I’m planning to turn to a separate blog posts (most likely on Packet Pushers community site)
- Kubernetes and Security solutions
- Distributed systems paradoxes in SDN (was just published)
- Fingers crossed - it will much more to come!
