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Blogging my journey to an IT professional
Coworker let me know about a free Cloud Practitioner course on Udemy. Slowly working my way through that as well
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The company I work for doesn’t really care for a network cert because the only growth option is management. Looks like I’ll be working on CompTIA’s Project+. They’ll reimburse me so why not
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Recap on the past 5 months:

Partially build a home network.

Created a media server using my old gaming PC.

Overall learned the basics of Linux and docker containers.

Plan to go more in depth with networking as a whole and finally complete my net+ or CCNA.
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Been so long since I posted an update. From now on I’m going to commit to a daily post of my progress!
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Been a long time since my last update but I’m proud to announce that it’s my first day in IT. I’ll be working as a Field Tech for a school district!
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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We posted this back in April.

TikTok was just shut down:
January 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The TikTok shutdown was a political stunt manufactured to boost Donald Trump’s popularity.

It did not work. Many on TikTok are now turning on Trump and TikTok leadership.
January 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I now see why a more powerful pc is required for a home server. Shitty laptop didn’t like Plex
January 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Homelab coming along nicely but my resume isn’t. Help
January 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just finished setting up Ubuntu server on an old laptop with no display. Still no idea what I’m gonna use it for
January 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Burnt out on cybersecurity and networking. Time to deep dive Linux
January 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Received my A+ certificate not too long ago and now I’m onto the job search. Fun
December 31, 2024 at 12:02 PM