November 22, 2009 9:32 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
associate degree,
bachelor's degree,
community college,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT careersThis morning, while driving my son to the park on an expedition to feed some local ducks, I tuned into a program on my local college station (KUT) that dealt with issues in getting students who attend community college to graduate and move on to...
July 27, 2009 2:52 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
GoCertify.com,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
mandatory Oracle training,
Oracle certificationAnybody who reads this blog regularly already knows that Anne Martinez' Web site GoCertify.com is a favorite go-to resource for me when I'm researching information about the certification marketplace and its various programs and offerings....
July 23, 2009 3:14 AM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
CCNA,
continuing education,
CTT+,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
MCITP,
MCP+I,
MCSE,
MCTSJohn C, Virgina Beach, VA
1. What do you currently do for a living?
I am a Systems Engineer and work with databases – primarily SQL Server but some Oracle. I started on SQL Server version 6.5 and have tested on all versions since then. This has been my work for the last ten years. Prior to...
July 21, 2009 1:54 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
MCITP,
MCSA,
MCTS,
Network+In running the contest to select winners for some MCP exam vouchers graciously donated by Microsoft, and in profiling four of the six winners (so far, I'm still chasing the other two) I've found myself revisiting several thoughts and ideas that have confronted me throughout my dozen years toiling...
July 17, 2009 3:55 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
IT training,
Windows 7 beta introduction and lab,
Windows 7 certifications,
Windows 7 sample chapters,
Windows 7 training,
Windows 7 training portalNow that the Windows 7 RTM is in plain sight, and should be trickling into lots of hands pretty soon — see my recent Windows Enterprise Desktop blog —...
July 13, 2009 2:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Microsoft CertificationThomas L, Essen, Germany
1. What do you currently do for a living?
I'm living in Germany, in Ruhr Metropolis Essen, which has been selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2010. I've been working in the IT Business for more than 12 years. Since May 2005 I've been working as a...
July 6, 2009 4:50 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
CCNA,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
IT certification degree plans,
MCDBA,
MCSD,
MS certificationRecently, I received a comment from a reader on my August 18, 2008 blog entitled "Understanding What Drives IT Salaries," from an astute young reader named Ronald Moore. He...
June 29, 2009 9:50 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
IT training,
soft skills developmentI find myself in a very interesting work situation right now. Because of a couple of books I wrote in the mid-90s — those halcyon days when computer books flew off the shelves, and good writing work on relatively advantageous terms was easy to find by today's standards — I find myself now...
