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02:09, early morning administrative blah
03:22, begin ai/ml service upgrades for angel startup
05:10, conclude upgrades and documentation
05:28, stop writing this post, prepare for a nap
In those two hours I've upgraded Ollama and validated its 48 installed large-language models, upgraded Open-WebUI from v0.3.12 to v0.5.18, fixed some Fedora service concerns, upgraded various Python reqs, and completed a well rounded process document suitable for an "an admin who is not me" to handle those tasks and procedures in the future. That person would need to be able to execute the tasks without having the "often taken for granted decades of experience" which I bring to the terminal every day and night.
The documentation required 60% of that time, as expected, while the rest had been prior-scripted back when I handled the initial setup, and some troubleshooting was "cognitively automated" in real-time. Ansible stuff will be handled later as needed for fleet automation.
What's different about this process vs how things are handled at certain corporate environments where I've worked?
The biggest difference is simply that I am able to use my preferred tools and workflows without concerns of micro-management or low-grade low-brow expectations based on fratboy-code/bro rahrahrah notions of "male perspective" teamwork. It's a simple task, it doesn't need to be done at the office, it doesn't need a minor committee to consider who can talk the loudest in the conference room; it's just simple systems engineering.
That's it, it's that simple, and it's feasible by "letting me do my job", instead of trying to fit everyone, regardless of age / gender / experience, into that ages-old and flawed 'barrel of garbage' set of expectations.
It's unfortunate that my decades of experience also are informed by the un-fun nonsense aforementioned and so much else, but such is life when one is nearly always the only woman in a vast muddied sea of male engineers; especially when it's not only at one org or corp, but nearly every single one, very nearly.
There are real differences communication and problem solving and other interpersonal aspects across gender types; we are not all the same. Yet, "she's cold", "she's 'difficult' to work with", "she isn't a team player", and the usual other drivel levied upon women remains a thing in the workplace. Some men understand this, and I am certainly thankful for their presence in my life.
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