Ok, let me get the obligatory Computer Science phrase out of the way first ... printf("hello world\n"); I was going to title this entry 'hello world' but I figured that's been over done. However, I've already used 3 sentences talking about it so that's worse. ;^) Anyway, what does "I'm back" mean? Well, I'm currently serving my second term at Sun as a Systems Engineer. I started at Sun in September 1995 as an SE and stayed up until May 2006. I left and went to a small startup computer company called Egenera. Egenera has a utility computing product based on HW blades using AMD and Intel processors and a SW management tool called PAN Manager. I learned a lot about the utility computing market and virtualization while I was there. Through my contacts at Sun, I learned of an open SE position in Austin, TX. My family has always dreamed about living there one day (we live in the Dallas, TX area now) and I figured that this was our opportunity. So in October 2006, I came back to Sun without too much grief from my co-workers. :^) I'm glad I spent my time at Egenera but I'm excited to be back at Sun. I've returned with a new sense of purpose and a deeper passion. I believe that we are at a major inflection point (for the good) in the history of the company. We have the best product line up ever. We have the best workforce on the planet. And last but not least, we have a huge market demand.
Posted by Bob Netherton on January 05, 2007 at 03:48 PM CST #