How to Become an IT Professional

So You Think You Can Geek? Advice from the Real World on Entering the IT Profession

80 Minutes

Synopsis:

This class introduces you to the basic concepts for entering the IT field. This class goes over:

Training vs. Education
Geeks vs. Tech Workers
How to Get a Job
How to Get Promoted
Free Seminars and Conferences
Becoming a Consultant

5 Responses to How to Become an IT Professional

Michael Harings says:

January 21, 2011 at 1:51 am

Hi Eli,

I like your talks, if I were you, I’d break them up into smaller separate clips next to the list items (such as “Geeks vs. Tech Workers”), and add some summary text so you can have them indexed. And then put them on youtube. I only saw 2 videos listed for you there.

Camera is too far back. 2/3s of screen is brick wall. not exciting! And rotate it 90 degrees for portrait shot, so it focuses on you. And tape off the lines so you know how to stay in camera.

See where the field is going?! What IT field? There are as many paths as there are grains of sand on the beach… seminars, why not online forums? Sometimes I even buy books. Seems to me you can get the most bang for your buck by getting a good book on a topic. Glad to see you’re running apprentice courses.

So what did you say about sending the 100 people home? Was the T1 fixed in a timely manner?

And what’s up with using after periods??? in your blogs. Um, double-spacing went out with the IBM selectric type-writers.

regards,
Michael
Anish says:

September 14, 2011 at 5:35 am

good talks, anything about project management ?
Eli the Computer Guy says:

September 14, 2011 at 6:50 am

Not yet
Al Green says:

November 7, 2011 at 5:02 am

Absolutly brilliant! if this were to become a pay site, I’d sign up in a heartbeat! Absolutly plain english, telling it like it is, just what folk need-most usefull. Currently doing compTIA A+ as a precurser to the CCNA and my tutor is good but she only really reads through the notes we allready have. She’ll answer any questions you might have but when you have half a million like me, time is a bit of a constraint. Watching your vidieos has been so helpfull that rather than being ahead of the rest of the class in terms of test results, I believe I would be struggling right now and loosing quite a bit of heart. Good on ya!!
Hey, mabey you could do something on iPhones and tablets as I am far too poor to afford these things and therefore have no idea what they are about…..

Keep it up Eli!!

Ali Green (England)
SARTHAK says:

January 10, 2012 at 4:34 am

hatts offf!!!
just have no words to express the gratitude…. it is just lovable wat u do..
the way u make understanding regarding wat the lecture is abt is jus tremendous…
and i shall suggest each person going thrugh this site nd comments to b a part of it and donate for a very good cause ….wasting ur money on other unnecessary sites nd all the shitt stuff, do donate here instead!
my blessings to u mr. eli _the computer guY_….
may u lead the world…
thank u vryyyyyyy much for uploading ocean of knowledge just for FREE….keep going on we’re wid u!!!!

god BLEss….THANXSSS again!!!
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