IT Insights Blog — Employment
The Sincerest Form of Flattery
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First there was Amazon. Now everyone is doing it. Amazon Echo, the home assistant "smart speaker" that offers you a voice-activated connection to the web, as well as to various internet-enabled devices in your home, lit a tiny consumer fire at the end of 2014 as a special offering to Amazon Prime members. (The cheery program that responds to Echo commands is named Alexa.) Then the gizmo caught on, fueled by a general release in 2015, and Amazon's first-ever Super Bowl ad (featuring Alec Baldwin) in 2016.
Very Small Certifications
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Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit with a teenager named Paul. Paul just finished his junior year and has landed a summer job with a local tire repair shop. As a reader, he is familiar with many of western civilization’s great books, and would be considered well-read even for one twice his age. His communication skills are top-notch, and he has a GPA well above his peers. He also possesses another valuable non-teenager like trait — he knows how to save money.
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Hackers = Pirates, You = Pirate Hunter
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This past weekend I went to see the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. I have mixed feelings about the movie. I spent the two hours and nine minutes of show time wading through a myriad of tangled storylines and interweaving plot threads, masked by lots and lots of action.
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Landing Your First IT Job
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It’s that time of year when millions of college graduates raise their diplomas high, throw their caps in the air, and sally forth to make their marks in the world — or so commencement speakers have told them they will do. If they are like I was, lo those many years ago — and most probably are — then their first thought about those newly completed four, five, or even six years of college is, “Wow! That went quick.” Their second thought, for those without a trust fund, is, “I gotta find a job!”
Keep Moving Forward
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