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- Sanity check: 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT
- If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the "dirty little secrets" listed below may surprise you because we don't usually talk about them out loud. If you are an IT veteran, you've probably encountered most of these issues and have a...
- Tags: Job, Certification, Consultant, Information Technology, IT Professional, Truth, Technology, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-09-01
- 10 things you should know about developing soft skills to advance your IT career
- These suggestions are based on the article "Five tips for developing the soft skills IT pros need," by Carla Firey. It's also available as a PDF download.Most IT support professionals know that the development of technical skills is fundamental to their careers. But learning about the subject matter is only...
- Tags: 10 things, Career
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- New legislation would require IT pros to report child abuse
- IT professionals could soon join doctors, counselors, and teachers as professionals that are legally required to report child abuse and neglect, according to a new AP story in USA Today: At least five states — Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and South Dakota — require computer technicians to report...
- Tags: Management, Legislation, legal liability, Laws, Law, It Management, CompTIA, Children, child abuse
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- New legislation aims to require IT pros to report child abuse
- Should IT have a policy that requires IT pros to report illegal behavior?New legislation in California and Connecticut seeks to require IT pros to report child abuse and neglect, in the same way that doctors and teachers are required to report it:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=456Whether this legislation passes or not, should IT departments...
- Tags: Desktops, Jason Hiner, information technology, Nazi, IT Pros, illegal behavior, illegal activity
- Discussion threads 2007-05-02
- Good communication isn't just about good grammar
- Good communication is not merely about keeping your participles from dangling or your infinitives from splitting. Its about taking the time to understand the way the person youre speaking to receives and interprets information. I learned a long time ago that if I want to talk to my husband about...
- Tags: Co-workers, Communication, Good communication, information technology, IT Pros, Job Satisfaction, publishing gal, toni bowers
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- 10 dumb things IT pros do that can mess up their networks
- Are you guilty of any of the infractions on this list? Do you agree or disagree that they're significant? What items would you add?Makes you think...Just reading this makes me think of some of the things on the list that I do my best to do proactively. However, there...
- Tags: job, information technology, IT Pros, mistakes, 10 things, deb shinder, network, JodyGilbert, networking
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Requirement or not
- Requirement or notpeople who have no interest whatsoever in learning about IT will either go away by themselves or will become such a headache that they will be kicked out. :Dnon IT pros, as I know them so far, have no interest in learning IT as long as they can...
- Tags: information technology, mandatory tagging sucks, TR Member, Jaqui, off-topic, IT Pros
- Discussion threads 2006-04-13
- Start-up brings glitch wiki to IT pros
- Splunk BaseThe interface is kind of clunky so far.Also: any website that requires me to accept or deny more than five cookies from the same URL [b]just to view its first page[/b] gets trashbinned pretty quickly. Deny all, look at it once, never go back.
- Tags: apotheon, information technology, IT Pros, networking, Start-up, tech support, web design, wiki
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- TR's Hot Topic: Big brother cares what IT pros wear?!?
- TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for March 28, 2006TR'S HOT TOPIC: BIG BROTHER CARES WHAT IT PROS WEAR?!? Here's what I don't understand: If we're all scared that "Big Brother" is watching, and Google is turning over data to the feds, and spyware is getting more dangerous than viruses ever...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=48&threadI
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- How should IT pros dress?
- How should IT pros dress?A new TechRepublic poll asks, "Do IT pros need to dress better?- No, casual should be the universal standard- Yes, every IT worker should dress in a professional manner- Only those who interface with customers need to dress well"What do you think? IT pros have a...
- Tags: career, dress, information technology, IT Pros, IT worker, Jason Hiner, poll, T-shirt
- Discussion threads 2006-03-17
- TV show about IT pros
- Channel 4 has a new show called "The IT Crowd." It doesn't premiere on TV for a few days; however, the entire first episode is available on their website.http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/I/itcrowd/Show about ITShows that should have been about being in It, but weren't....Lost in SpaceThe Twilight ZoneThe X-FilesThe AvengersThe MonkeesDark ShadowsThe Mod...
- Tags: Channel 4, geekend, information technology, it, it crowd, IT Pros, IT-Pro, Lost, off-topic, sMoRTy71, tv, TV-show
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- TR's Hot Topic: Angry at Windows, Linux, IT pros and TR
- TR's Hot Topic: Angry at Windows, Linux, IT pros and TRTECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for November 15, 2005TR'S HOT TOPIC: ANGRY AT WINDOWS, LINUX, IT PROS AND TR Anger seemed to be the theme last week in the TechRepublic forums. Some members are angry at the hullabaloo regarding the...
- Tags: bashing, community netnote, discussions, feedback, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=48&threadI, linux, Linux IT, Microsoft Windows, TechRepublic Inc., The Trivia Geek, TR Peers, vista, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- Should IT pros be required to speak and write literately?
- Should IT pros be required to speak and write literately?Are your written and spoken communications regularly misunderstood? Do people frequently ask you to repeat and/or rephrase yourself?Today, reading a couple of posts at the Tech Republic Discussion Center, I was confounded by the sheer volume of illiteracy. Do...
- Tags: communication, information technology, IT Pros, off-topic, Should IT pro, Should IT-pro, South, verbal, written, xalorous
- Discussion threads 2005-10-28
- Policy to allow IT pros access to sensitive data
- One of the best things that happens in the discussionthreads is that people discover that someone has invented the particular wheelthey need. Best case, the wheel gets shared among those who need it, and maybe it getscustomized or enhanced--but no reinventing is needed. For example: When amember asked if anyone...
- Tags: Chris, information technology, IT Pros
- Blog posts 2005-09-15
- Looking for leaders!
- As you know, Cincinnati was our first experience with bringing people together in the "real" world. One of our central goals for the event was to establish relationships among IT pros in a particular region and assist them in remaining a cohesive group both on and off the site. ...
- Tags: beth.blakely@..., Cincinnati Roadshow, feedback, leader
- Discussion threads 2005-03-22
- TechRepublic Roadshow: Handling Internal Security Threats
- See what TechRepublic members and editors learned about the current state of IT security at the first TechRepublic Roadshow, a live discussion forum held in Cincinnati in February. Much of the discussion was dominated by the topic of spyware prevention, which most of the IT pros pinpointed as their most...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., TechRepublic Roadshow, PowerPoint presentation, prevention, security, security issue, audiocast, IT security, IT-Pro, spyware, IT Pros, information technology
- Download resources 2005-04-15
- Hacking--do the pros now rule?
- How can IT pros fight professional hackers?Do you think IT pros need more security training? Better security software?Pros vs ProsThis is two sides of the same fence. Given the same amount of resources of all types it should be a stalemate. If the Blackhats are winning it is a direct...
- Tags: firewall, hacking, information technology, IT Pros, Jason Hiner, training
- Discussion threads 2004-10-29
- Vacation: All work and no play for IT pros?
- Vacation: All work and no play for IT pros?Does your company's vacation policy force you to use it or lose it? Do job responsibilities make it difficult for you to take time off? Do you have difficulty finding the time for fun? Why are IT pros constantly battling the no-vacation...
- Tags: beth.blakely@..., career, information technology, IT Pros, vacation, Vacation Blues, year-to-year
- Discussion threads 2004-10-27
- Five tips for developing the soft skills IT pros need
- By Carla FireyMost IT support professionals know that the development of technical skills is fundamental to their careers. But learning about the subject matter is only one of the necessary talents every IT pro should cultivate. The human component to support techs’ duties requires good communication and relationship skills, otherwise...
- Tags: soft skill, Guest Contributor, career, information technology, Most IT
- Technical articles 2003-04-01
- Intel offers consultancy and piloting service to IT pros
- Much of the new technology that IT managers face is loaded with the risk of the great unknown. To counter this risk, Intel offers a consultancy and piloting program that gives IT pros experience in Intel technology not yet in general release.By Martin BanksWith IT managers facing an unprecedented rate...
- Tags: Strategy, Guest Contributor, systems integrator, Jim Henrys, Intel Corp., IT Pros, information technology
- Technical articles 2002-12-16
