Life Update - July 6, 2025
It's been a while since I've done a life update so I though I'd write an update. Life has been busy both personally and professionally. On the professional front, I had my annual performance review and my boss is pleased with what I've done. He sees some new opportunities to work more with our security group. Most of my work surrounds our web application firewall or WAF for short. With 30 years in the organization, I also do a lot of education especially for new employees. Helping others can be a double edged sword at times - I appreciate when people read and ask questions about things that I write or advice that I offer. What I don't like is when people sit on their hands expecting to be spoon-fed. I had the latter happen to me this past week with the cherry on top being that the person who waited for my help proceeded to criticize and nit-pick me later. After telling this person that, in the future, perhaps they should use available documentation to...