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Why I Sold My TV to Pay for an IT Course
A few years back, I was in a job I hated and I was broke. I was desperate to make a move into IT, but I had just enough money to pay my bills and eat. I wanted to educate myself, get an IT qualification, and make a career change. The only thing I owned…
Read More...Don’t Take Directions From Someone Who is Lost
Rarely does a day go by without somebody telling me I’m doing something wrong. The other day, a skinny guy at the gym told me my form was wrong. A guy who had never run a business told me I was making the wrong decisions for my marketing strategy, and somebody with no kids told…
Read More...Should You Study for Fun or Money?
When I was in the police force back in 1999, I had a visit from a friend who was working as an IT freelancer in London doing basic Windows support. I think it was Windows 98 and NT. He told me how much he was making, and I nearly fell over. It was more than…
Read More...Are You Making One of These Common IT Training Mistakes?
Since 2002, I’ve trained over 15,000 IT students and engineers through my websites, books, and classroom courses. I’ve noticed traits common in the most successful students and in the least successful ones. Here is the list of mistakes I see students making time and time again. I want you to take a few minutes and…
Read More...How Much Should You Charge for Your IT Services?
I went to a local guitar shop earlier today to get one of my guitars repaired. While I was standing near the till, I overheard a conversation between two of the employees. They were complaining about how slow the network was in the store. They had been given some advice from an “IT expert,” who…
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