Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: “Learn to code, and you’ll be set for life.” I remember sitting in a conference room in 2015, listening to a keynote speaker tell a room full of anxious writers that if we didn’t learn Python by the end of the year, we were dinosaurs. Well, fast […]
I’ve seen it a hundred times. A candidate’s resume looks promising. They have the right keywords, a decent bootcamp or degree, and I’m ready to be impressed. I click the “portfolio” link in their resume, and… nothing. A 404 error. A private GitHub repo. A “coming soon” page. Or, maybe worst of all, a single,
I’ve sat in on more interviews than I can count. Here’s a secret: after a certain point, all the resumes blur together. “Proficient in X,” “Managed Y,” “Led Z.” It’s noise. The people who get hired—the people we fight over, the ones we make budget exceptions for—are the ones who show something else. It’s not
The pricing on Coursera and Udemy is more confusing than ever this year. Let’s cut through the noise. If you’re just comparing the monthly subscription fees, you’re missing the real story. The big change isn’t a simple price hike. It’s a fundamental split in how these two giants see the world of online learning—and how
1.1 Deconstructing the A+ Certification: Your First Step in IT Let’s start with the big picture. I often tell my clients to think of the CompTIA A+ as the master key to their first IT job. It’s the credential that shows up constantly in job postings for tech support and IT operations, and it’s a