Top 10 reasons to take the annual Salary Survey
We get it. Your life is busy. You work hard. You have other obligations. Maybe it’s family. Maybe it’s continuing education. Maybe it’s community service. …
Read ArticleHow much do you know about CompTIA’s Network+ exam?
The CompTIA Network+ certification has become almost a must-have in today’s IT world. Over the years, it has added and dropped topics with each iteration, but the current version (N10-006) does …
Read ArticleSeeking tech career advice from experts
Almost two years ago, one of my CertMag articles addressed the potential risks of seeking certification and career advice from strangers. In that article I noted that often people with the least …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: What training do networking pros spend on?
Last week in this space we focused on footing the bill for certification. That is to say, where does the money come from, and whose money is it? Some people pony up the total cost of getting …
Read ArticleWashington, D.C., school teaches tech to America’s newest arrivals
Since 1776, tens of millions have immigrated to the United States for the chance to start a new life. They come for a variety of reasons: some to practice their religion; some to escape war …
Read ArticleTech-savvy teen is building his own computer science career in Alabama
Tuscumbia, Ala., is part of the greater Shoals area and it’s steeped in history. It’s the birthplace of Helen Keller, America’s First Lady of Courage, and the site of the first railroad …
Read ArticleHappy Halloween! Take CertMag’s spooky cybersecurity quiz
Happy Halloween! Do you know what’s scarier than ghosts or goblins? Hackers and malware, that’s what. Halloween, it just so happens is also the last day of …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Paying the cost of your networking certification
Certification costs money. Generally speaking, that is. There are ways to save, of course, beginning with the abundance of free training and study materials that are available online, available …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: Networking and the experience curve
Hollywood loves a good fight night and tends to crank out a new boxing movie every year or couple of years. Sometimes the fighters are fictional, and sometimes the film spins its yarn …
Read ArticleSalary Survey PLUS: Networking crowd is young, educated
The drumbeat that you hear most often in predictive assessments of the global IT workplace is that there’s a worker supply problem. The belief that more people are needed as quickly as …
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