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 15, 2009 1:59 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
MCP exam voucher winner,
MS certification1. What do you currently do for a living?
I am currently working as an IT Operations Head/Team Lead for an IT Outsourcing Company here in our country and also doing some part-time jobs as an IT Instructor.
2. Please describe your educational background.
I started my studies with an...
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 10, 2009 5:07 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
MCP voucher contestHere's his filled out questionnaire, in its entirety:
1. What do you currently do for a living?
I am an IT application Specialist working in Intermediate IT. I have years of experience in the non-for-profit sector who has now moved over to corporate work. I see myself as a chief grunt and...
July 8, 2009 4:00 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
MCP exam voucher contest,
MS certificationHere is a list of winners by first name and last initial, plus city and state (US) or country (outside US). All the winners should have received an e-mail from SearchNetworking.com by now, asking for their mailing addresses so that the physical paper vouchers may be mailed to them (if you haven't...
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...
July 2, 2009 3:53 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
free MCP exam voucher,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
MS certificationThis blog post is just a progress report, or perhaps a placeholder. At this time, I'm waiting for feedback from my colleagues at Microsoft and SearchNetworking.com (who sponsored this contest, MS by providing the exam vouchers, and SearchNetworking by encouraging me to create and promote this...
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...
June 26, 2009 2:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CCDP,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CCNA Security,
CCNA specializations,
CCNA Voice,
CCNA Wireless,
CCNP,
CCSP,
CCVP,
Cisco certification,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certificationI'd been wondering recently why Cisco is expanding its ever-popular CCNA certification to include CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, and CCNA Wireless. Now I get it: Cisco also offers various professional credentials, including CCDP (Design), CCNP (Networking), CCSP (Security), and CCVP (Voice), as well as...
