Redundancy in IT can seem like just a way to double costs from an outside perspective. Whether it's a second ISP connection or multiple servers, you have to weigh the cost against the benefits. Using your redundancy correctly can keep a business running and protect the organization from costly service outages. To make the case to remove your single points of failure, it can … [Read more...]
Everybody should know psuedocode
Coding and writing scripts, like most things, gets better with practice and experience. To improve communication between developers and others, everybody should understand psuedocode as a middle ground communication means. Psuedocode is also great for beginning programmers to understand so that they can focus on the concepts and building blocks of good programming or a … [Read more...]
How fast do I need to type to be in IT?
You might see typing requirements in job descriptions or wonder if you should list your typing speed on your resume. Do you need to be a fast typist to be a good IT Professional? No. There are are plenty of good IT Pros that hunt-and-peck for the keys on the keyboard. However, if you want to greatly improve your productivity, enjoyment of work, and perceived competence then … [Read more...]
Clickbaiting: the disease that has infected the web
Clickbait, click bait, or link bait refers to a trend with headlines that are intentionally sensational or even misleading in order to get more people to visit a site. Unfortunately, clickbaiting has proven itself to be more effective at getting people to click the link than an accurate, descriptive headline. However, it is deceptive and preys on the readers' trust that they … [Read more...]
If everyone were taught troubleshooting…
Sometimes the job in IT support can feel like you're the only one that understands the simple concept of cause-and-effect. Sometimes the logical jumps can be made with the information provided by the client. Other times it requires discovering more information through observation or research while in more complicated cases it requires making a logic jump of 2-3 steps like a … [Read more...]