Salary Survey Extra: Let's meet up never/forever?

Once upon a not-all-that-long-ago time, this or that hard-working professional interested in striking some sparks that could possibly be fanned into the flames of full-blown romance had to shower, put on ...

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Volunteering your tech skills can boost your IT career

I believe that using your professional skills to help others is one of the most fulfilling things you can do in life. If you are fortunate enough to have a job where helping others is your full-time occupation, then ...

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An IT professional in Ukraine confronts the daily reality of invasion and war

For many IT professionals in the United States and elsewhere, the war currently raging between Ukraine and Russia has become something of a national news afterthought. Russia has been aggressively encroaching ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CIW Mobile Application Developer

It used to be the case that phone- or web-based applications were wondrous gizmos that ingeniously simplified various tasks. Now "apps" are the rule, not the exception. People no longer even have to ask ...

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Salary Survey Extra: The impact on income of higher education

According to the most recent data (as of 2021) compiled by the U.S. Census bureau, 48.4 percent of Americans age 25 or older have completed some level of college education, whether an associate's degree ...

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Salary Survey 2023: IT crowd is older, often on the move

A lot can change in five years. In or around 2265, a 32-year-old hotshot with a storied background at Starfleet Academy and a sterling service record was promoted to captain and given command of the ...

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CertMags stops by Ebenezer Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today is a holiday in the United States that honors Martin Luther King Jr., the pastor and civil rights leader who dedicated his adult life to ending racial inequality. Dr. King focused his work on the racial divide ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Deep Focus on CompTIA Security+

Later this month the deadline will pass for a certain segment of T-Mobile users to claim a share of the $350 million settlement of a class action lawsuit stemming from a 2021 data breach that affected somewhere ...

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Salary Survey Extra: Angry birds and other things we root for

Everybody roots for something. It's often sports teams, but it's not only sports teams. Sometimes it's the novel you're reading that simply must end a certain way. Sometimes it's a first date (it doesn't even ...

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Improve your certification exam results with intelligent guessing and time management

For almost three decades I have taught IT and cybersecurity classes at the college and university levels. ...

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