Salary Survey PLUS: Career impact of virtualization certification
One of the great philosophical conundrums of our age is the problem of the chicken and the road. But what if we could just ask the chicken? We don’t have to wonder, for example …
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In 2016, when you drive away on vacation to Nebraska, you have to phone the neighbors, or possibly go knock on their door, and ask them to feed your cat until you get back. …
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In brief, it is safe to say that CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) is the most difficult of the certification exams that CompTIA offers. It is recommended …
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Some things are so foundational to our conception of the world we live in that we don’t often (if ever) think to question where they came from. When, for example …
Read ArticleThe Basics: Start your career in computer programming
Have you ever had an interest in computer programming? Take a look at these statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor about computer programmers: …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Virtualization certification and education
Certification and higher education are not mutually exclusive aims. There are those in the IT crowd who frequently draw a battle line between the two, arguing for the merits of one …
Read ArticleTaking stock after three years of renewed publication
In early 2014 I wrote a piece for Certification Magazine titled “Rising Generation.” In the article I expressed my belief that the future of IT training and certification …
Read ArticleThe emerging realm of IBM Big Data certification
It should come as no surprise that IBM is a major player in the Big Data marketplace. The venerable corporation’s nickname is “Big Blue,” and its early focus on mainframes and large servers …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: The standard-issue virtualization professional
When it comes to IT, there is typically no one size — or one description — that fits all. People in IT are a pretty diverse lot. We do find outliers. As countless studies and surveys …
Read ArticleSalary Survey PLUS: Virtualization certification can boost your income
Once upon a time in 1966, just four words from the lips of Canadian actor William Shatner fired the imagination of a generation: “Space. The final frontier.” Though Shatner …
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