Becoming A Professional Nerd

Getting into IT without a degree

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1. Becoming a Professional Nerd - Corwin Atkins
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4. The first of many times that I would stare at this screen.
12. Have you built your own computer, or replaced parts in an existing one?
13. Are you personal tech support for your entire family?
14. How would you describe “the cloud” to someone?
15. What’s the coolest thing you’ve done with technology?
16. Entry-level IT jobs are a way to take skills that many people have a knack or affinity for, and teach them how to make those skills useful to everyone else.
17. Look at how we hire help – it’s not so different than how we elect leaders. We search for work ethic on resumes. We look for intelligence in test scores. We search for character in references. And of course, we look at a four- year diploma as though it might actually tell us something about common- sense and leadership. - Mike Rowe
20. Thank you! - @CorwinAtkins - corwin.atkins@outlook.com - Instagram makes my head hurt...