Help us shape the future of Spiceworks editorial

If you work in IT, Spiceworks is for you.

Our community of millions of IT professionals knows this already. If you need specific troubleshooting help, a deep dive on best practices, advice for a purchasing decision, or you simply want to build camaraderie with IT pros from large and small companies around the world, the Spiceworks Community is where you’ll find it.

That community is why I joined Spiceworks as its new Editorial Director. As much as the Spiceworks community serves the people who work in IT, our content should do the same thing. Living up to that promise is now my mission, whether you’re already in our community or you’re just now finding us.

A little about me since I’m new: Former CNET guyOpens a new window , former PCMag guy from back when it was PC Magazine and had a print edition, with a few other stops here and there. I’ve never deployed a company-wide security update, but I’ve spent enough time in testing labs and covering tech in general to have picked up a few things about computers and networking. I was even lucky enough to build a lab onceOpens a new window (I had a lot of help).

For someone who got into writing about tech to help people navigate complexity, the Spiceworks audience is a gem. It offers a rare opportunity to write for an invested audience of smart people looking to learn from each other and grow in their careers.

The strength of the Spiceworks community has already made my job easier. I can go to seasoned IT writers and tell them about this informed audience that will value their expertise and appreciate it when they stretch their legs creatively. Many of those incoming writers are also Spiceworks forum members themselves. They know this place, and they know the issues that matter to the IT pros that come here.

If you’re already a community member, it might not surprise you to hear that Sean, Suzanne, Jeff (who has his own news to share), Peter, Tamara, and the rest of the team have been incredibly welcoming since I started in early March. Yes, they’ve given me the virtual tour, but they’ve also imparted their love and enthusiasm for Spiceworks and the people that come here. For this new editorial effort to work, part of the job will be weaving that same energy into our content. I know we’ll have succeeded when we’ve have a virtuous cycle where the community and our content enhance each other with a healthy dialogue and exchange of ideas.

You’ll see a steady expansion of articles as we spin up new content topics and bring new writers onboard over the next few months. We’re starting with a focus on career advice, and our first story, about how to land an entry-level IT role (seems best to start from the beginning) is already live thanks to our own Peter Tsai.

I hope you’ll tell me how we’re doing over the next several weeks, months, and beyond in our community discussions (here’s me), in our articles, and in person later this year at SpiceWorld. You can always send a note to [email protected], too. Tell me what you like, what you want to see more of, and how we can improve. As I said in the beginning, Spiceworks is for you. Let us know what you think of it.

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