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Certified!

Friday, January 23rd, 2009 Posted in Career | 2 Comments »

Not too long ago I got on a Certification Kick; the certifications that I became interested in acheiving were within the field of IT Security which is where the underlaying mindset was when I wrote my last post on Creating ...

Certification Kick

Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in Career | 2 Comments »

I am back on a certification kick, this time focusing on IT Security; and since it is related to technology, I figured I would share my methods and secrets of what I do to prepare myself for the big day. ...

Be Nice to the IT Department

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Career | 10 Comments »

  When you are in the Information Technology profession, people come to you with every question that has to do with anything technology. There is rarely a buffer to their questions or an understanding of what we go through; people just ...

Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Career | 9 Comments »

It is official, I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA). You may remember from my previous post, Starting a Technology Career Path, that the last exam required to complete this certification gave me a hard time. After ...

Starting a Technology Career Path

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Career, Technology | 5 Comments »

Five years ago I stumbled upon a job as an IT administrator for a professional hockey team, the Buffalo Sabres, with minimal knowledge of Windows Server and a basic understanding of network concepts. Since then, I have acquired and accumulated ...