About Me

I’m James Cruce—a systems engineer with 25+ years managing enterprise systems. Most of my career has been managing VMware infrastructure.

“Much to learn, there always is.”

That’s not just a tagline. It’s how I’ve approached my entire career. After more than two decades in IT, I’m still learning something new almost every day. And I’ve discovered that the best way to solidify what I learn is to teach it.

That’s what As The Geek Learns is all about.

Here you’ll find:

Practical PowerCLI and VMware automation tutorials

Lessons from real production environments (not just theory)

Tools I’ve built to solve my own problems

Honest takes on the tech that actually works

Always a student. Sometimes a teacher.

Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been in the trenches for years, I hope you’ll find something useful here. And if you have questions or want to share your own hard-won wisdom, I’d love to hear from you.

— James

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