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You’ve heard that your base salary is largely determined by your education level – but did you ever wonder exactly how much education matters? If you’ve got enough smarts, it shouldn’t matter whether or not you have formal training – right? Wrong. Or at least, it's not always that simple. As job scarcity continues to drive more competition to each open ...

In part 1 of our series on getting experience without experience, I looked at free, online resources you can learn from and accumulate experience with. Now I'll show you a few resources you can use to take the next steps. 3. Open source and vendor programs Whether you're trying to learn routing protocols like BGP or MPLS, or trying to integrate ...

Tips on learning new technologies and getting your IT career off the ground when you're just starting out… How are you supposed to get a job when every job posting you see requires at least some experience? That's the chicken and egg problem one faces when training for a new career or when learning a new technology to take the next ...

Would-be techies planning to study computers in college have often been steered toward the computer science major, but as technology has changed, so have the degree options. Now, a whole range of computer-related degrees is available. At a large research university, students interested in computers and information technology might be able to choose from three or more majors - one offered ...

You feel like you’re learning something while you’re being taught, but once your tech training is over, you realize the information didn’t stay with you. Now you’re staring at the screen desperately trying to remember what the trainer told you to do to unlock this wonder of technology called your computer. If you find yourself in this situation every time you ...