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Three months ago, we moved the entire company home. I wrote about what that transition looked like back in April, while the adrenaline was still fresh, and at the time the focus was on speed: get …
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On March 19th, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a document that should have surprised absolutely nobody in our field but that felt, in a strange way, like vindication. …
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I want to tell you what the last three weeks of my life looked like, because I think it matters for anyone who works in IT or is thinking about working in IT, and because I don’t think the rest …
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A couple of weeks ago, roughly 36,000 security professionals descended on the Moscone Center in San Francisco for RSA Conference 2020, and the theme they chose this year caught my attention more than …
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There’s a particular kind of anxiety that comes with doing something you know is right while simultaneously feeling completely uncertain about it. I’ve been sitting with that feeling for …
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We live in an interesting time in IT. The job market is strong, unemployment is hovering around 2%, and positions across the industry are sitting unfilled because there simply aren’t enough …
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I was sitting across from one of my best technicians the other day when I noticed something I’d seen before but never really wanted to acknowledge. He was staring past me while I talked, nodding …
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A cover letter is a key component to any applicant’s package of materials to be provided when applying for a job. It is an opportunity to show some personality in a way that your resume cannot, …
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During any big hiring push, I tend to review a lot of resumes from candidates breaking into the IT field or those who have already established themselves as IT pros looking to make the jump to a new …
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It always seems to be such a hotly contested question of whether or not the CompTIA A+ certification is worth anyone’s time or energy in 2019. Spend any amount of time on IT forums/subreddits …
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