January 2019 — Eric Burns Online

As a Job Seeker – Is There Too Much Data?

January 30, 2019 Getting Hired Hiring Process No Comments

I recently visited one of the big job boards and was blown away that it claimed that there were 2,245 Sales Engineering jobs open within 25 miles of San Francisco. Based on past experiences this was so out of touch that I didn’t bother signing up for the site. What…

So What is Purposeful Learning?

January 28, 2019 Attitude No Comments

In a few of my posts I’ve mentioned purposeful learning. I now realize that not everyone knows what I am referring to. If you’ve ever tried to learn something in theory just for the sake of knowing it you might have better insight. Especially if you later had a reason…

A Heartfelt Goodbye to PagerDuty

January 15, 2019 Random Notes No Comments

The past year and a half have been more than interesting. As part of that journey, the past 6 months have been spent at PagerDuty. While there I made a lot of new friends, solved interesting problems in creative ways, built some great professional relationships. I also learned a lot,…

How To Build a System Workbench

January 1, 2019 High Level Tech Intro Startups No Comments

With the growth of the Cloud, fewer and fewer people actually put their hands on hardware. But there are times that a cash-strapped startup, consultant or a frugal hobbyist/entrepreneur will want to get a MVP (Minimally Viable Product) up and running without having the recurring expense of deploying in the…