[TriLUG] have a job, need a job

[Alan Porter via TriLUG]

Hi guys,

Two years ago, I stood up in front of the group, showing off my shiny 
new Oracle employee badge and asked if any of you could help me get rid 
of it.

Soon after, I did find a new gig at Lancope, an established network 
security company with a small start-up "cloud team" here in the 
Triangle.  We had a good run for a year... we made a proof-of-concept 
cloud-based security monitor, and I learned a lot along the way.  I got 
to work on everything from our Linux-based network VM appliance to our 
back end REST server to our Angular web UI to our cloud deployment system.

Now that is what I call "FULL stack development".

Call me lucky, but Lancope caught the attention of Cisco, and now I have 
a shiny new Cisco employee badge!  Don't get me wrong -- if you're going 
to be acquired by a big company, Cisco is a hundred times better than 
Oracle.  At least people don't pity you when you tell them where you work!

But in the process of being acquired, our start-up project has been 
moth-balled, and we're now just a part of another larger Lancope/Cisco 
project.  All of the stuff that was appealing about working for the 
small autonomous start-up team has sort of dried up.  There's still work 
to do, but it's not what I was looking for when I left Tekelec/Oracle.

So again, I ask the crowd if they know of any cool projects that could 
use a Linux hacker like me.  Although I've done embedded systems and 
device drivers and even made internet-connected ovens, these days I tend 
to lean more towards full stack web development, a little stronger on 
the back end than on the front.  The reason I like smaller projects is 
that you get to work on both, and then some.

Or... if you're hoping to find a talisman to effect a corporate takeover 
of your company, apparently I have a knack for that, too!

Either way, look me up at http://AlanPorter.com/ .  You'll find my 
resume and a bunch of other rubbish there.

Thanks for listening.  See y'all at The Frontier on Thursday night.

Alan




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