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How to Navigate Imposter Syndrome When Applying for New Roles: Imagine it now: You are staring at a job posting on LinkedIn that sounds almost perfect. The company looks great. The culture aligns with what you believe. The benefits are solid. The responsibilities line up with everything you’ve been doing in previous roles. And yet, as you look back over …

Navigating Layoffs: Unfortunately, layoffs, or reductions in force (RIFs) as companies so lovingly call them, are becoming increasingly common, especially across the tech sector. Layoffs.fyi (yes, we really have a site dedicated to tracking layoffs) shows that as of the time of this posting, there have been over 90,000 …

2025 MacAdmins Conference Wrap-Up: I’m currently in the process of flying home after wrapping up the 2025 MacAdmins Conference hosted at the Penn State Conference Center and Hotel in State College, PA. It has truly been a wonderful week of community, learning, meeting new faces, meeting online faces in person for the first time, and …

Heading to MacAdmins Conference 2025: I was lucky enough to win the Community and Conference Grant from the amazing Mac Admins Foundation, which allows me to attend the 2025 MacAdmins Conference at Penn State University. I am incredibly humbled and honored to receive this grant! I haven’t been able to attend the MacAdmins …

Introduction: My name is Chris, and I wear and have worn "a lot of hats" when it comes to my professional career. Oddly enough, I don't enjoy wearing hats in real life, though. I decided to start this site to document my career journey - how I got here, what I am doing, and where I would like to go - in hopes …