Out and about this week

A reminder to my readers that I will be speaking at Interop19 this week in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Denise Donohue and I are speaking about finding smart people:

Every hiring manager wants someone who will “hit the ground running.” But there are many ways to achieve that result. In this session, you’ll learn the most effective ways to find and grow talent for your organization. We’ll address key decision points around talent acquisition…

I will also be speaking at CHINOG Chicago Illinois on Thursday:

Disaggregation began with the hyperscalers, and is quickly moving through the rest of the network engineering world. What is disaggregation, really? Does it always mean open source and white boxes, or is there some broader meaning that can be applied across many different products to build and add value to many different kinds of networks?

And interacting with some other folks on a panel about getting started in the IETF.