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The success of the industry tomorrow depends on how we pay IT forward today

In September 2017, as Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, was making a beeline for Florida, I grew concerned for the IT instructors I work with who had homes and livelihoods in the Miami area. Fortunately, most ...

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How to set and achieve your work and career goals

"Work and career goals" sounds like a Tony Robbins thing, but rest assured that setting and achieving career development goals can help you flourish in your chosen profession. Success is not a given ...

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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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More than money: Finding your place in the IT ecosystem

How many times have I heard this question: “Mr. C., what IT position pays the most?” The answer is more times than I can remember. Whether for the high school kids I taught for 12 years at …

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Successful IT professionals add new skills and knowledge whenever they can

Almost any professional career involves learning new concepts and developing new skills over time. This is especially true of information technology. In the IT world, it is a given that there will be …

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Learning IT concepts and developing IT skills will help you succeed in any industry

According to a study done by Burning Glass Technologies, 82 percent of middle-skill jobs ...

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Exploring the pros and cons of the brave new world of online conferences and conventions

Most of us can agree that 2020 was, in many respects, a train wreck. The ripples caused by …

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Who is winning the cybersecurity war?

I am puzzled. It seems as though news outlets, industry reports, and vendors galore keep talking more and more about large companies or organizations being hacked — yet very few of those businesses ...

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The worst advice I ever got about how to get certified

As you traverse the path of life, you will encounter a lot of well-intentioned people giving very poor advice. Much like the handful of key characters wandering through The Sixth Sense — the ones ...

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The best advice I ever got about how to get certified

I sometimes look back and mentally review all of the good advice I have received in my life. Everything from "You can't expect everyone to love you," to 'People generally do good things ...

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