From Assistant Direct to Control Room Analyst | Richard Martinez Richard Martinez has always been a guy with his eyes on the stars. It would be a winding path, but someday he knew he would reach them. He had reached a pinnacle working in the education field by...
From Odd Jobs to Network Engineer | Robert Buenrosto
Robert Buenrosto | People of Zero To Engineer Robert had a problem. He had too many certifications and not enough experience to back them all up. How could he gain the relevant hands-on experience and prove that he was more than book-smart? Did something like...
From Cable Technician to Field Analyst | Mark O’Keefe
Mark O'Keefe | People of Zero To Engineer Mark O’Keefe pulled a full u-turn when he realized his career in cable was a dead end. The cable industry was going downhill. The harder he tried to move up, the more he realized he was going nowhere he wanted to go. It...
From a lumber mill hauling chains to a Network Technician | Jacob Stephens
From a lumber mill hauling chains to a Network Technician | Jacob Stephens Jacob was tired of hauling chains at a lumber yard, beating up his body, and missing out on time with his children and wife. Being in IT was a dream of his when he was growing up. He...
From Walmart Manager to Support Systems Engineer | Scott Crabb
Scott Crabb | From Support Manager to Support Systems Engineer | People of Zero To Engineer Scott Crabb was a Support manager at Walmart, making 32 thousand a year. Scott moved away from networking when he moved states, at first resigning himself to a new way of...
Best Questions to Ask the Interviewer
Did you know that the questions you ask a hiring manager could be just as important as the questions they ask you? It's true! Let’s continue on to learn my top five questions. I encourage our students to ask the interviewer in an IT interview. Here are some...
What is the Purpose of a Router?
To start out, I’d like to describe the images and icons that you see here at the top, starting with the one on the left. That is the logical representation of a router that we use all over the place in topology, maps and network diagrams. It is a very widely used...
NexGenT Welcomes Kim Wood, Senior Career Coach
Kim Wood strongly believes if you “choose a job you love, you will never have to work a day in your life”. As someone who has found her passion as a Career Success Coach, Kim strives to help students do the same and support them in achieving their career...
NexGenT Will be on Military Makeover!
This Friday, May 14th (7:30am EST) our co-founders Terry Kim & Jacob Hess will be on National TV! We will be telling our mission on the Military Makeover show with Montel Williams on the Lifetime Network! Military Makeover is a show dedicated to highlighting...
Cisco CCT – Routing and Switching 100-490 RSTECH Certification
Today we're going to talk about the CCT Certification, the Cisco Certified Technician Routing and Switching 100-490 RSTECH Certification to be exact! CCT is an entry-level certification that Cisco has had out for a while actually, And the cool thing about it is if...
Top 5 Action Words to Put on Your Resume
Have you ever struggled with writing your resume and wondered if there were words to make the bullet points sound better? If so, you'll want to check out the video or blog post below to learn the best five phrases and words Sara love's to use when writing IT resumes....
From Casino Dealer to Service Desk Analyst | NexGenT
James Marsh | From Casino Dealer to Service Desk Analyst | People of Zero To Engineer James Marsh was a casino card dealer for 20 years. Each day brought more of the same — patrons swearing at him, numb to the routine, stuck on autopilot. He had been caring...
From Assembly Worker to Inventory Technician | NexGenT
Jason Benson | People of Zero To Engineer Jason Benson was in pain, unsure, and beaten down about his work. Every day was a question of muscling through pain and uncertainties, striving for a way to increase his family's quality of life. After suffering a back...
What is a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) | NexGenT
In this quick nugget, Jacob Hess, Founder & CEO of NexGenT discusses what a VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is and their purpose in modern networks. What is a VLAN? A Virtual Local Area Network or VLAN for short provides us with logical separation or...
NexGenT Welcomes Karishma Mendes, Student Counselor
Karishma Mendes is NexGenT’s new Student Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (supervised by Chari S. Westcott, LPC-S, MA, PLLC) in Houston, Texas. Karishma is thrilled to be a part of NexGenT and seeks to make a positive impact in the lives of...
NexGenT Celebrates The FSNE 6-19 Cohort Graduation
On the evening of December 15th, we gathered for our virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the recent success of our Full Stack Network Engineer 6-19-2020 cohort. This was truly an exciting moment for everyone as the cohort members completed the Full Stack Network...
NGT Academy Welcomes Nicole Evans, Senior Career Success Coach
Nicole Evans is a Career Success Coach who has an astounding passion for meeting people where they are to get them to where they want to be!
This Simple Trick Can Level Up Your LinkedIn Profile
Have you noticed that when you create a LinkedIn Profile, your URL looks something like this: Linkedin.com/in/nxgent -12324-sdf12 ? This link is auto-generated for all profiles. It can be lengthy and leave a lot of room for error if manually typing in the address. You...
NexGenT Welcomes Christian Ryan, Career Success Coach
Dr. Christian Ryan is a Career Success Coach obsessed with student success. She joins NexGenT with more than 15 years of experience in educational programming and student advising. Her expertise lies in areas of sustainability, environmental science, public problem...
NexGenT Welcomes Rob Coble, Career Success Coach
Rob has been working within Career Coaching since 2004. Working in higher education in the fields of video games and technology he has had the pleasure to work with thousands of students and many recruiters and hiring managers responsible for hiring them.
NGT Hosts First Ever Virtual Conference + Career Forum and You’re Invited!
NGT LIVE 2020 Is Just Around The Corner You know when the Marvel Cinematic Universe came together in Endgame for one of the most epic collaborations of all time? Heroes fighting alongside one another for the good of the world, big purple evil dude, portals—it was an...
Meet Kassy Scarcia, NexGenT’s Career Success Coach
Meet Kassy Scarcia, NexGenT’s Career Success Coach. Kassy Scarcia is passionate about helping others believe in their potential and never settle for less than an amazing life.
Meet Sara Hutchison, NexGenT’s Career Success Coach
Meet Sara Hutchison, NexGenT’s Career Success Coach
NexGenT Celebrates The FSNE 4-24 Cohort Graduation
On the evening of October 8th, we gathered for our virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the recent success of our Full Stack Network Engineer 4-24-2020 cohort. This was truly an exciting moment for everyone as the cohort members completed the Full Stack Network...
Full Stack Network Engineer February 2020 Cohort Graduation
On the evening of September 3rd, we gathered for our virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the recent success of our Full Stack Network Engineer 2-21-2020 cohort. This was truly an exciting moment for everyone as the cohort members completed the Full Stack Network...
NexGenT Celebrates Graduates of First Cyber Security Cohort
Certified and Reaching Success Last week here at NexGenT we congratulated our very first Cyber Security Specialist cohort for passing their skills qualification check and becoming certified as a NexGenT Cyber Security Associate (NCSA)! The cohort began on March 23rd...
NexGenT Announces New Employer Partnership with The Department of Veterans Affairs via Booze Allen Hamilton and LeoRose Consulting
Jumpstart your IT or cybersecurity career by applying in 5 minutes or less We are excited to share with our NexGenT students and graduates a new employment program designed to help facilitate immersive experiential learning. This opportunity includes working full-time...
NexGenT expands access to its Zero To EngineerTM programs with a $6 million financing deal with Leif
NexGenT started back in 2016 with a mission to change lives through our Zero To EngineerTM programs. Back then, we only offered self-paced Zero To EngineerTM (ZTE) programs to our students. Although our job placement percentages were great for those who completed our...
NexGenT Gives Back: Funding Water Well For a School in Malawi
When NexGenT launched, we had it in our sights to do two things: 1.) to help 1 million people change their careers and lives by teaching them how to become IT and Cybersecurity professionals regardless of their past work experience and 2.) to disrupt our broken...
Thank You – Cyber Security
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