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There are a number of ways you can learn programming or business analysis or any other technical skill. I recommend both coaching and self study. I am going to compare both modes of learning so you have a better idea of what works for you and what doesn’t.
Self Study or Teach Yourself
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The Procrastination Problem
As a career coach, one of the biggest hurdles I have to overcome when working with my clients is procrastination. An example is a client that I will call Ryan. Ryan acknowledges that even though he has a degree in Information Systems, he is stuck in a dead end job in Help [...]
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HOW TO START A NEW CAREER AS A DATABASE DEVELOPER
Database developers or administrators are IT people who create or otherwise use software that are meant to sort out, store and manage information in such a way that these information can be easily retrieved and hard to lose, thereby adding to the productivity and efficiency measures [...]
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When you are actively searching for a job as a computer programmer, one of the things you should be taking care of is your resume. Your resume is the document you hand out to your prospective employers. It serves as the tool by which you sell yourself to your prospects and convince them that you [...]
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Getting an entry level job as a computer programmer is not really as hard as it may seem. If you are on the lookout for a good entry level job in computer programming, what you need to do to land one only takes a little homework and preparation on your end.
Here are the things you [...]
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A person who has chosen to pursue a career in computer programming has a number of options he or she can take in order to get ahead with his or her chosen path.
A computer programmer can choose to take full and regular employment with one particular company and enjoy a set salary bracket along [...]
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Which careers and jobs offer high school graduates without a college degree or job experience the best opportunities for professional advancement? And where can high school graduates with little or no job experience and college education earn significantly higher income?
The one thing that high paying careers have in common is skills that fetch ...
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What is the toughest challenge facing your computer programming career?
For me it is finding enough work to keep me busy and occupied on my programming jobs. I find that I regularly have to apply pressure on my clients to find interesting, motivating, challenging software development projects.
What about you? Are you challenged by the location ...
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Before I became a computer programmer, i heard the story of a guy who studied computer science in college and graduated to become a mainframe programmer. At some point in his life when personal computers became popular, he was downsized and lost his job as a mainframe programmer.
The story goes on to say that because so [...]
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This is a tale of “How Once Promising Careers Started By Good People Ended Up In The Doghouse“.
At the end of the story, you have a chance to save lives by adding the funniest, quickest, smartest, most productive way to shipwreck your career, lose your job or get fired for your fault!
If this story [...]
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This is a tale of “How Computer Programmers Become Extinct Like The Dodo!”
Computer programming can do more than pay the bills. It seems to reward you just for loving it.
However, not everyone who is a computer programmer looks like an ambassador for the profession. You know what I mean and you probably have met them. The ...
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Staying on your track for top paying positions in high demand careers is desirable but not easy.
Your path to the fast track in top paying positions and high demand jobs includes researching the market for the skills that are in hot demand, aligning your strengths and career goals with what the market wants, identifying the [...]
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Do what you love and the money will follow is the summary of feel good advice about life, purpose and work.
However in our daily actions we are turned on getting the best education, the highest paying jobs and attending the best schools.
This attitude is perhaps summed up in the words below:
We act as though [...]
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Do what you love and the money will follow is the summary of feel good advice about life, purpose and work.
The problem is that even though our society idolizes those words, in our daily actions we behave as though money and status are our raison d’être”.
What do I mean by that? Let’s go back [...]
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How has Information Technology certifications like MCDBA, MCSD.NET, OCP, MCSE, MCSD, MCP, CCNA or the lack of them helped or hindered your Information Technology career?
In the IT Certification vs. Experience post at Leadership Findings I discussed some of the myths and real world benefits of getting an Information Technology ...
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Changing one’s career completely requires guts. However, to get the kind of results you have never had, you need to do something you have never done! Because I wanted to find more job satisfaction, creativity and passion, I left my career in Chemical Engineering to pursue careers in Information Technology, Software Consulting, Contract Programming ...
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One of the challenges of software consulting is that while the recruiting firm or client may tell you that their project would last for 6 months, in reality their project may last for 1 month or 1 year. After more than 10 years in information services, I have come to the conclusion that in the [...]
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