Create Sun blog, check.
Sign up for BlogHer DC '08, check.
Have something interesting to say, well, I'm still working on that one.
One of the guidelines to having a Sun blog is to be interesting; I worry about this. What could I possibly have to say that other people would find interesting? There must be something, it's not like people run screaming when I walk into a cocktail party. Now how do I manage that in a professional blog?
A tech-geek, I am not. I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, which I finally earned at the age of 28. I made a wild leap three years ago and left my 12 year career as a veterinary technician to go to work for Sun Microsystems. Needless to say, I managed to cultivate many skills outside of nursing over the years. Even so, I'm still amazed at how similar the jobs are. I used to spend a third of my time on patient care, a third on customer communication, and another third making sure the doctors had the correct staff and equipment for the day's surgeries. As a Customer Service Manager, I do a lot of the same thing, customer communication and resource management. When I start to miss the hands on nursing, I pet my cats, I currently have eight. (Really seven, one is just staying here until I manage to ship him off to Australia.)
So in this company full of brilliant intellectuals and computer geniuses (seriously folks, James Gosling and Andy Bechtolsheim work here), what can a cat-loving, hockey-playing, Washington Capitals-cheering, flower-gardening CSM have to say that is interesting. We'll just have to see.
Sign up for BlogHer DC '08, check.
Have something interesting to say, well, I'm still working on that one.
One of the guidelines to having a Sun blog is to be interesting; I worry about this. What could I possibly have to say that other people would find interesting? There must be something, it's not like people run screaming when I walk into a cocktail party. Now how do I manage that in a professional blog?
A tech-geek, I am not. I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, which I finally earned at the age of 28. I made a wild leap three years ago and left my 12 year career as a veterinary technician to go to work for Sun Microsystems. Needless to say, I managed to cultivate many skills outside of nursing over the years. Even so, I'm still amazed at how similar the jobs are. I used to spend a third of my time on patient care, a third on customer communication, and another third making sure the doctors had the correct staff and equipment for the day's surgeries. As a Customer Service Manager, I do a lot of the same thing, customer communication and resource management. When I start to miss the hands on nursing, I pet my cats, I currently have eight. (Really seven, one is just staying here until I manage to ship him off to Australia.)
So in this company full of brilliant intellectuals and computer geniuses (seriously folks, James Gosling and Andy Bechtolsheim work here), what can a cat-loving, hockey-playing, Washington Capitals-cheering, flower-gardening CSM have to say that is interesting. We'll just have to see.
