{"id":12545,"date":"2026-09-30T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=12545"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:59:35","slug":"a-note-on-changes-maybe-you-want-to-hire-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2026\/09\/30\/a-note-on-changes-maybe-you-want-to-hire-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note on Changes \/ Maybe You Want to Hire Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog has been quiet for all of 2026. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s the way life works sometimes. 2026 has been a gruelling year for me. My hours left me with very little energy for anything, and despite my best intentions to get back to the blog, I kept on not having the energy to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month I finished up in my role at $vendor after my position was impacted. I&#8217;ve been taking September out for some much-needed decompression (or is that deduplication?) time; other than public holidays and sick days, I&#8217;d not taken any time off in 2026, so I felt a few weeks out was much needed \u2013 and deserved. I&#8217;m definitely feeling recharged!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in October I&#8217;ll be more seriously looking for work: my first focus will be remote work. I sincerely believe I work better and more efficiently from home, where I don&#8217;t need to worry about commuting or distractions \u2013\u00a0not everyone, after all, is an extrovert. The past four years of working from home and juggling up to 16 meetings in a day has proven to me how efficient I can truly be when I can focus on the work and not the time in-between the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within the sphere of remote work, I&#8217;m keen to explore options within:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Data protection vendors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data classification\/management vendors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IT governance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Management roles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Product management roles \u2013\u00a0particularly relating to Customer Experience (CX) and User Experience (UX).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For any of these roles, I&#8217;d bring a wealth of experience and maturity, with almost 30 years of industry experience focusing largely on enterprise data protection. Over the years I&#8217;ve worked in solution delivery, architecture, consulting, support, training, management, and most recently, product management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to chat with me about the breadth and depth of value I&#8217;d bring to your business, feel free to connect with me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/prestondeguise\/details\/recommendations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, and check out the recommendations from my recent co-workers. I&#8217;m happy to share my CV and discuss the sorts of projects I&#8217;ve been working on if you&#8217;re looking for someone who can make a real difference to what your company is doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog has been quiet for all of 2026. 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