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Category Archives: Careers

Discover A One Time 600 Dollars Happy New Year Super Gift And Fast Track Your Programming Career In 2007

Happy New Year and Welcome to 2007.
What better way to start your new year than with a “one-time happy new year $600 super bonus gift“ that helps you become a highly skilled, marketable, well-paid computer programmer?
As your computer programming career coach, I’ll like to jump start your career success in 2007 by inviting you to [...]

Beginning Programming Made Easy

It’s come to the end of the year and I’m making it easy for other people to begin their career in computer programming. Because for a while, good quality information on “how to begin a career in programming” has been hard to come buy.
However, i’ve started a new program for bloggers and website owners who are interested in helping people [...]

How Not To Choose A Computer Programming Language

What computer programming language should I learn?, is a question I receive frequently on my computer programming career coaching blog at http://www.it-career-coach.com/
Sometimes, I am asked to choose from one of these programming languages: Java, C#, Visual Basic.NET, C/C++, Python, Ruby, Perl or JavaScript.
As important as this question may be, readers of my book on “how to become [...]

Self Learning and Popular Myths About Computer Programming

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 [...]

Become A Computer Programmer Or Not

 
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 others, those computer [...]

Windows Programmers Are Not In Demand

The demand 10 years ago was for windows applications because businesses were still getting used to the INTERNET and the WEB.
Today there is a high demand for web applications. The web HAS CHANGED the nature of how we do business and how we interact with each other.
Web applications are in demand because they are easier to scale than windows applications. [...]

Top Paying Jobs For High School Graduates In The USA

What are the top best paying jobs in computers and Information Technology that do not require a college education in the U.S.A.?
I choose Information Technology because the industry does not require extensive formal education at the college or post graduate level.
The Information Technology industry rewards talent, hard work, and initiative and does not have a [...]

Become a Computer Programmer : A Step By Step Guide To Rewarding Programming Careers

This is a step by step guide to starting a rewarding career in computer programming. Because I have seen these steps work for myself and my computer programming colleagues, I believe it is a reasonable practical guide to starting a computer programming career especially in the USA.
As a background, I have worked in information technology [...]

Do IT Certifications Really Help IT Careers?

A question I hear frequently is “Will Information Technology (IT) certifications really help my career or help me get a job”?
The answer is both yes and no. It depends on who you are and where you are in life.
Let’s look at some benefits of IT certifications:

IT Certifications help with entry level jobs. To get your [...]

Insider Secrets To Interviewing Success : How To Get The Job You Want

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 [...]