Current Location (Chris): Orlando, Florida
Current Location (Danielle): Somewhere over the Pacific
Ok so first up sorry I’m late with todays post about yesterday. I ended up remotely dealing with a security issue / hacked website that turned out to be a false positive. On the bright side it meant that no one from LANWorx had to be woken this morning.
Now Yesterday, Day 5. Bit of a slow start after dancing the night away at SeaWorld, got my blog post done and headed to the Conference Venue. Spent the morning in the solutions pavilion which is a massive hall about the size of a rugby field full of vendors all trying to sell you their product for [insert IT related stuff].
The afternoon was spent on multiple sessions with a real focus for me this year on improving company culture and staff management / retention strategies. The IT Job market is pretty tight atm and good staff are hard to find so keeping the good ones means having a company culture that people love.
Next up it was back to the hotel, I have lost count of how many free shuttle buses I have taken between the Doubletree and the Hyatt! Dropped my bag, had a final swim and then headed back to the conference for the final Party.
The party was like the whole event, very well put together and probably some of the best food yet. I particularly liked the adult version of a ‘coke/rootbeer float’ which included nitrous gas and much flare. I didn’t stick around long. I was tired, and the fear of driving tomorrow was hanging over me. (sneak peek into tomorrow which is of course today, I survived 😉 ).
The conference has given me much to think about and I am very glad to now be going away on holiday as it will give me time to digest what I have learnt and work out how to action as much of it as possible once I am back on deck.
I said this yesterday, but I will say it again if you ever get the change to attend a large conference, even if it at your own cost its well worth it. Continued professional development is something that we all need to do. You learn so much that you never knew that you didn’t know… hope that last sentence makes sense!
Danielle’s current (realtime) location is leaving San Francisco bound for Orlando!
Until tomorrow which may be written by Dan. – Chris.
