A huge portion of the national dialogue in the United States has been dominated lately by the apparent attempts by the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election, mostly by digital means. It shouldn’t be difficult to see the implications of this publicity for cybersecurity training. These implications are especially obvious when one considers … Read More
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Where, Specifically, Are People Using their Online IT Training?
In all the time that we have been published this blog, we have tended to place our emphasis on rather general topics. We’ve discussed the overall benefits of online information technology training, and the large-scale trends in the IT industry. Naturally, we’ve gotten specific in our efforts to highlight particularly types of training, such as … Read More
The Value of Real-World Agile Training
Last week, an article appeared at CIO which asked a very basic question, and one that certainly should be of interest to a major portion of the visitors to this blog: Is agile training or the coursework for a similar certification worth the price tag and the opportunity cost that goes into acquiring them? Sharon … Read More
Community College Education and Online IT Training
For a long time, something has been amiss about our attitudes and priorities when it comes to higher education in America. Recently, there’s been a strong counter-trend, leading people to reject liberal arts as useless and to blame expensive for-profit colleges for the student loan crisis. This seems a bit like overcompensation for past missteps. … Read More
IT Training for Careers in Military, Manufacturing & Service
Can you imagine a time when military basic training includes not just a battery of physical tests but also things like PMP training and certification, or online information technology training courses? You probably don’t see a lot of overlap between the roles of your average foot soldier and the roles and responsibilities of a California … Read More
Like Sports and IT? You Could do Something with Both
There’s an episode of Seinfeld in which George Costanza has just lost his job and he’s suddenly at a loss as to what sort of livelihood to pursue. At one point he reasons, “I like sports; I could do something with sports,” before Jerry confounds him with the question, “In what capacity?” It seems fair … Read More
Information Technology Training Opportunities for Veterans
In our post last week, we called attention to certain current events that contribute to the discussion of how information technology training can be used to do good works and give back to the community. This week we’re doing it again by drawing attention to the press release regarding the honors to be conferred on … Read More
Online IT Training Could Lead You Directly to a Job
CNN Money recently shared an interesting story from the world of information technology recruitment and job placements. Fair warning: if you’ve ever spent long days searching through job listings only to be frustrated by a lack of opportunities, this story might make you green with envy. It concerns Max Rosett, a data scientist who was … Read More
IT Training and Development as a Tool to Help Others Out of Poverty
In a previous blog post, we discussed an essay by Melinda Gates which made the case that technology could be a force for positive social change, if developed and used by capable, earnest hands. It was our hope that the topic would inspire some readers to seek out information technology training for reasons other than … Read More
Programmer Analyst Job Description
As with many of the job categories that we feature on this blog, the programmer analyst job description will tend to vary somewhat depending on the industry in which you work and the particular tasks to which you are assigned. As is also true of many of these job categories, the basic list of programmer … Read More
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