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Feb 21st 2014

Is the CCNA Enough to Get an IT Job?

I get asked this quite a lot. Remember that I had to make the career jump from the police force into IT, so I have firsthand experience. I also did this as the internet bubble was bursting in 2001, and IT jobs were vanishing before our very eyes. Think first about what a Cisco CCNA…

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technicalsm
Feb 26th 2014

Why the Biggest Companies Hire CompTIA Engineers Every Time

Advanced IT certs, such as CCNP and MCSE, are great to have for any IT engineer. The issue, of course, is that you have to study for around 12 months to achieve these certs and take several exams before you get the certification. You might be missing the trick though. All the below companies have…

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comptia
Feb 28th 2014

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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laptop
Apr 22nd 2014

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…

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lost2sm
May 16th 2014

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…

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