jeffpollard.net: In Reston This Week

April 26, 2004

In Reston This Week

So I'm up here in beautiful Northern Virginia this week for some MacOS X training at Apple's office in Reston. Martin finally decided after almost 4 years that they'd live up to their promise and send me to some training. I guess I can't blame them too much, since the economy's been in the crapper for the past couple years.

So, I have three main objectives for this week:

	Be a sponge. No, I'm not planning on getting a makeover so that I look like Mr. Squarepants, but I do plan on soaking up as much information in my training class as I possibly can. This is definitely a HUGE opportunity to further my knowledge of OS X. It's exciting. Even more exciting - I'm on track to get my ACSA (Apple Certified Systems Administrator) certification. I was told today that less than 1,000 people in the US have this certification. Pretty cool.
	Relax. With as busy as the past few weeks have been at work, I was in need of a break from it all. As much as I love my job, the daily grind was really starting to take it's toll on me. And not just work, but the daily routine of it all. This is a great opportunity to step back from it all and relax. Almost like a retreat.
	Get some stuff done. If you take a look around this website, you'll see lots and lots of old, outdated content. And I mean lots. It's just old, funky, and in need of some serious updating. The truck section of my site is due for a huge overhaul, too. I plan on getting it all done this week. Screw CustomTacos and any other client websites that need work. This week belongs to THIS website, and I plan on making the most of it. Look for changes soon.

So, it's off to soak, relax, and work I go.

Posted by Jeff at April 26, 2004 09:44 PM

Comments

And don't forget to eat plenty of Baja Fresh!!

Posted by: Olivia at April 26, 2004 11:16 PM

Hope you're having a great time!

Posted by: Mom at April 27, 2004 08:46 PM

Baja Fresh? I would see about getting some Carp.

Posted by: D at April 29, 2004 04:37 PM

In regards to the number of ACSA's, I was told by 2 Apple trainers that there are only about 50 in the country. And of those only 15 of those DONT work for Apple. I wish Apple would say publicly how many they have but I guess that wouldn't look that good compared to how many other certs there are.

I attended the help desk class and the server essentials (10.3) class and got my ACTC. I am going for ACSA too. Next week I am going to the System Administration of OS X clients class.

Posted by: Patrick Gallagher at May 18, 2004 07:09 PM