Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career |
| Name of book: | Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career |
| Author: | Richard Stooker |
| Blurb: | Learn the secrets of changing to a computer career without wasting time or money. |
| Price: | $24.95 |
| Book Website: | Get Ebook Now |
| Keywords: | Computer Career, Computer Job |
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| Description: |
- Save Time and Money With This Step by Step Roadmap to Your Future IT Career. I devote an entire chapter to each of the eleven mostly likely to serve as an entry level position. For each position I've broken down the steps as thoroughly as possible. I also give you an inexpensive way to check each one out before you do spend a lot of money and commit yourself to some computer career that is not right for you. You don't want to start looking for work until you're fully prepared, so I give you a list of the skills for each computer careers area. Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career is meant to be used, not simply read.
- In Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career you get:
-Learn the ultimate computer careers change secret. In 1999 I wrote that the ultimate computer careers change secret was experience, since so many people without experience were paying $5000+ for a piece of paper they thought was going to guarantee them a high paying job.
-A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of various ways to get your IT education, so you'll save time and money while learning what you need
-Why I now stress the self-employment options of the various computer careers IT fields I describe for career-changers. You can win financial independence in your spare time if necessary. For lots of us, this is better than giving up our current jobs (for now)
-How to make a lot more money with your computer careers skills, once you have 2+ years of experience. How you can combine the advantages of being an employee with the freedom to take vacations between projects and avoid the necessity to market yourself evenings and weekends
-Why a 4 year, B.S. in Computer Science isn't a good option for most computer careers changers -- not if you want a higher income, fast
-Don't fall for computer school hype. Why the MCSE certification is now worth so much less than it was in the beginning, yet is now a necessity for anyone hoping to switch into the network engineering field.
-Don't blindly pay the $9,000 training schools want you to. And yet that is usually the minimum you pay for certification training. -Throughout Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career I strive to clue you in on ways to save money on the training where possible. You weren't born yesterday and you know you can't learn what you need without expending some time and money.
- The book includes:
-What if there are alternatives to spending that $9,000+, don't you want to hear about them? And if you still decide to spend that $9,000+ (which some of you should do), you will do so knowing that you are making the best possible decision for you and your future.
-The biggest trend in IT now and for years to come
-The IT job that can make you some extra money for your entire life, because it will always be necessary. It's a good foundation for other computer careers but it doesn't pay much so treat it as a stepping stone. It now requires one popular certification, which itself is a good beginning for more complex IT skills.
-Going for your MCSE? Great, but first get this other Microsoft certification - it can get your career started while you keep studying for your MCSE
-How you must deal with the changed IT economic climate since the 99 boom. No matter what career you're already in or change to. Not understanding this can lead to financial disaster for you and your family
-Why I admire those techies who had the guts and vision to start their own companies during the dot com boom years more than I do employee-minded techies who just want management to leave them alone to "code in peace." You may not have any plans now to start your own NASDAQ -listed corporation, but thinking like an entrepreneur is how to make the real money. The work of "code monkeys" is moving to countries where hunger and desperate poverty is the rule.
-The "hot" IT skills to learn now
-Why there really are no "hot" IT skills right now
-Learn the technologies coming down the pike in the near future, which could put you far ahead of the computer careers demand curves. By the time they are on "hot" job skills lists, the pioneers who already know those skills will be making the big money. Why not you?
-How to make a lot of money if you can think of an idea for software that either solves problems or is fun for people
-Where can you go to get ideas for such software? You don't have to duplicate Microsoft -- If you sold just 1,000 copies a year of a $29.95 software program, wouldn't that pay off a few bills? Who's stopping you from creating ten such programs?
-Why not all computer certifications are created equal. I've seen books that listed every high tech certification on the market, without pointing out that many of them were a total waste of time and money except for a few specialists already working in the field
-Why networking certifications help established pros more than beginners. And why beginners must still have the RIGHT certifications, so don't expect to get off easy!
-Where can you fit yourself into the big picture of worldwide economic changes? Why are so many techies -- who know the capabilities of computer networks better than anyone else -- surprised by the outsourcing of routine programming work to India? Would they expect anyone in the U.S.A. to dig a ditch with a shovel and pick?
-Who does your ultimate success or failure depends on? (Hint: Look in the mirror, bucko)
-You want income for life. The first step is, don't fall for lies. Why "lifetime job security" is media propaganda. NO generation in history has ever had it, so it's unrealistic for you think you will. And nobody pays you to believe myths - or the people who call phone psychics would be rich
-You can join them - examples of how people are using the Internet to make part-time, full-time and, for a few, extremely large incomes
-Learn the unsuspected computer job skills you are bringing to the table - employers wish all techies had these, but most techies don't
-Why companies should thank you if you can bring customer-focused communication skills to their Help Desks and IT departments
-Which one would be best for you? The Top 10 Info-Tech Using Industries
-What you must know and do to have a lifetime computer career
-What must happen in business for you to have a job. You can fight it -- most techies do -- but getting over your psychological bias against it will help your understand your employer, whether it's a mega international co
- It includes:
-The business software that is transforming big companies. Training for it is extremely limited and in America not easily available to anyone not already working for a company using this software. So if you have experience with it, you've got a marketable skill.
-Why there is a large consumer demand for computer consultants. One example of a man who for health reasons cannot hold down a regular job, but who has made $40-$100 an hour teaching newbies how to send email and surf the Net. His daily dose of pain pills would kill you and me.
-The one IT job field where you may be able to get a decent part time moonlighting job
-The IT job field where you may be able to make money because you know popular software packages well. (For most people, using Word or Access is just a way of doing their jobs, not actual IT skills.)
-Where many current IT job skills will be in 2-5 years
-Want to stay ahead of your coworkers by competing effectively in the 21st century? -- learn the skills you must have in addition to IT skills
-Just want a hot job? Learn three other career fields that are now booming
-How to make money by playing new computer games
-One suggestion for succeeding despite all the obstacles. If you can't take this suggestion for yourself, that's OK. It works even better when you include your loved ones.
-Check out four outstanding books to teach you about true financial freedom. And the best (that is, PRACTICAL, not rah-rah) book on motivation I've ever read.
-Hundreds of books, web sites and other resources to help you advance your computer career. Most chapters contain resources specific to the subject of that chapter.
- Price: $24.95 - Get Ebook Now
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