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Reaching Your Goals to Get That IT Support Specialist Salary You Deserve
There’s no question that this is a lucrative field to consider when seeking a remunerating career. But before you leap in, it’s always good to take a step back and review your options first. The most recent statistics on an IT support specialist field find that there will be an expected 100,000 more jobs added to this field in the U.S. over the next eight years. Year-over-year, this [...]
QUIZ: What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn for You?
It seems like everyone is learning to code right now, but with all the different programming paths, which one should you take? Take this quiz now to find out! What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn for You? It seems like everyone is learning to code right now, but with all the different programming paths, which one should you take? Take this quiz now to find out! [...]
What’s the Typical Software Developer Career Path?
As technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds, opportunities in the software development field are scaling right along with it. For skilled programmers with a yearning to develop interpersonal relationships and soft skills, management roles are wide open for the taking. A technically proficient communicator has every option available, and over time can qualify for many roles, including Sr. Developer, Team Lead, Architect, Manager and can even [...]
Woz U Data Science Alumni, Amy Gerrish. Where is she now a whole year later!
Woz U: How did your experience at Woz U help you find your first Data Scientist position after graduation? Amy Gerrish: “Woz U’s Data Science curriculum and support specifically prepared me to be and fit into a Jr. Data Scientist role. Ultimately, this helped me get an interview with a very data driven company, Outlier. Which in turn I secured a full time Jr. Data Scientist job.” Woz U: What are you learning [...]
What the OPM Title Change Means for Data Scientists?
Woz U Data Science Instructor, Dr. Meredith Dodd, spent three years working with the government as a full-time embedded contractor for the U.S. Army Public Health Center. There, while working as one of the data scientists, she helped better the lives of Soldiers and their Families by providing analytics and evidence for the Army Wellness Centers, a community-based chronic disease prevention program that improved risk factors for chronic disease, such [...]
How Should We Educate Digital Natives?
Educating Digital Natives My contemporaries and I didn't exactly grow up with the Internet, nor were we digital natives. In fact, I didn't have an Internet connection in my home until long after I had graduated from high school. Instead, I remember spending much of my childhood waking up early on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons on the old CRT television and listening to my favorite stations on the radio—you [...]