{"id":1325,"date":"2016-03-14T11:37:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T18:53:21","slug":"surviving-enterprise-consolidation-with-mark-twomey-ep-106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/03\/surviving-enterprise-consolidation-with-mark-twomey-ep-106\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Enterprise Consolidation with Mark Twomey &#8211; Ep 106"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1331 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla.jpeg\" alt=\"zilla\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zilla-350x350.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What career moves can we glean from the big company consolidations of late? How do you stay above the downsize? We spend time\u00a0with frequent podcaster Mark Twomey, better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/storagezilla\" target=\"_blank\">Storagezilla<\/a>. He digs into industry trends, staying relevant with the times and his own development in 19 years at EMC. Mark\u00a0works in the office of the CTO where he touches both customer- and engineer-facing tasks at the same time. We explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trends, changes and living within the Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Personal experiences\u00a0as behemoth companies consolidate<\/li>\n<li>Finding a job through personal networks<\/li>\n<li>The differences of a long tenures<\/li>\n<li>Playing the long game (grace before grenades)<\/li>\n<li>Middle management exodus<\/li>\n<li>Power is lost because circumstances change and people do not<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s up to you to ultimately seek out new challenges<\/li>\n<li>Passion is a reaction to events (that&#8217;s within your control)<\/li>\n<li>Schedule the results you want first<\/li>\n<li>Start a side project and honor it<\/li>\n<li>Make a commitment with a team<\/li>\n<li>Crowdshame yourself for fun and profit<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to say what&#8217;s on your mind\u00a0and it isn&#8217;t cowardice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mark can be easily found on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/storagezilla\" target=\"_blank\">@Storagezilla<\/a>. He also has a monthly podcast at <a href=\"http:\/\/thedatacortex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Data Cortex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3425\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1325-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1325-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What career moves can we glean from the big company consolidations of late? How do you stay above the downsize? We spend time\u00a0with frequent podcaster Mark Twomey, better known as Storagezilla. He digs into industry trends, staying relevant with the times and his own development in 19 years at EMC.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2016\/03\/surviving-enterprise-consolidation-with-mark-twomey-ep-106\/\">Read All Show Notes<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Surviving Enterprise Consolidation with Mark Twomey &#8211; Ep 106<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3426\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1325-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1325-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Surviving-Enterprise-Consolidation-wMark-Twomey-Ep-106.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1334,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/1334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}