Category Archives: Personal

Today I start the prologue of the next book in my career

Ref: https://seandahlberg.com/2022/11/22/sean-has-left-the-building/ This one will be short and sweet as I’m mainly writing this for something to look back on in the years. But today, December 6th, 2022, is my first day as the Head of Developer Community, also known as “Leader, Technical Marketing,” at Cisco. I just finished my first onboarding session, and I have to admit,… Read More »

Almost debt free!

This is just a personal milestone update; nothing to do with gaming, community management, etc, etc. And, for the most part, I’m writing this for myself and something to look back on in the years to come. March 16th was the first day in a long… long time since I was almost debt-free. I say… Read More »

A decade of spice!

I started writing this over a month ago but, as you can tell, I’m late with post it. The short version is I recently hit my 10-year mark workiversary at Spiceworks. Yes, my first day working at Spiceworks was on December 14, 2011. A decade ago. Craziness. If I turn back the clock a little… Read More »

I have survived!

I was scheduled to go in to have my deviated septum worked on just before the COVID-19 pandemic his the Texas area… but it was postponed. Twice. For me, it wasn’t so much a nice to have but an almost necessary kind of operation. I have a pretty decent sleep apnea condition and the deviated… Read More »

Community Signal podcast: Managing Communities of IT Pros and MMORPG Players

Recently, I had the pleasure of being on the Community Signal podcast, hosted by Patrick O’Keefe of ManagingCommunities.com fame. I believe we did the recording around the middle of March so it was just as things were starting to get “interesting” here in Texas in regards to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re already following… Read More »

Rollerblade wheels for gaming chair?

About a year ago, I got a KILLABEE gaming chair off of Craig’s List. I was planning on buying a new one but got this one at a great deal so went with a “gently used” gaming chair. Just like many (MANY) people, I’m working more from home now. My gaming area is now also… Read More »

printf(“hello, world\n”);

No, I am not hacking my site. The title is a nod to “Hello, World” (or in HK-47’s case, “Hello, meatbag”). As you can tell, it has been a while since I’ve cleaned up or update my site. Little by little, I’ll be doing both. Again. This time, I am hoping to stick with it,… Read More »