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My Failures Onboarding at Splunk | People Work

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In the fall of 2021, I found myself burnt out both professionally and personally. I was ready for a change. At NCR I was proud of what our team had accomplished - we built a group of over seventy people across four timezones, leading the journey to the cloud, and adopting better incident response and observability. The pandemic, however, had taken a great toll on me and my family. I spent much of it working long hours making sure restaurants could continue to conduct business and survive, at the expense of my personal health and the health of my family. So it was quite fortunate that I was introduced to Splunk, a software company that had a great product, with smart people who really cared about doing things the right way. There was a Senior Engineering Manager position that was open there, which was a step back title-wise from my Executive Director role at NCR, but the opportunity to work at a high growth tech company with top talent intrigued me. I spoke to multiple people during tha

In the fall of 2021, I found myself burnt out both professionally and personally. I was ready for a change. At NCR I was proud of what our team had accomplished - we built a group of over seventy people across four timezones, leading the journey to the cloud, and adopting better incident response and observability. The pandemic, however, had taken a great toll on me and my family. I spent much of it working long hours making sure restaurants could continue to conduct business and survive, at the expense of my personal health and the health of my family. So it was quite fortunate that I was int

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