Sam Stuber heads NexGenT’s Career Service and Journey team (which she refers to as, “The Dream Team” as the teams’ goal is to help every student land their dream job).
From Plumber to NOC Technician | People Of Zero To Engineer
Craig Fowler was a plumber with an eye on the future, and now he’s an NOC technician at Thinktank NTG. But let's zoom out, back to the beginning: Craig had ambitions towards the radio, and he knew he needed to have a background in networking. With this in mind, he...
NexGenT Welcomes Michael LaMarche, Career Success Coach
Michael is a Career Services and Success Coach who comes to NexGenT with professional recruiting experience and a background in higher education career services. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Employee Relations and a Master’s in Organizational Performance and...
NexGenT Welcomes Noelle Johnson, Career Success Coach
Noelle Johnson is a NexGenT's all-star Career Services and Success Coach, obsessed with helping job seekers get job offers. She has a background working for tech advocacy groups like CompTIA and the Future of Privacy Forum which has allowed her opportunities...
From Laid Off to Hired – How NexGenT Student Turned His Life Around And Broke Into IT
Kent Davis was in the mortgage industry, working as a Mortgage Originator and Processor but the truth was, he didn’t enjoy his job. The money was good and that’s what made it hard to leave. Kent was unexpectedly laid off but he knew all too well, “The bad stuff always...
NexGenT Donates $5 Million in IT Course Scholarships During COVID-19
This week, 3.28 million people filed jobless claims- a number that will likely skyrocket each week as many industries continue to be impacted by the pandemic. Millions of Americans are being told to work from home, but with a grim outlook of their future. While many people around the globe are losing their jobs, tech workers throughout the IT industry, have seen growth in hiring demand. Now more than ever, it’s the responsibility of EdTech leaders like NexGenT to lead the charge in upskilling and retraining people everywhere into IT jobs.
Work From Home Now Mandated Due To Coronavirus – Who Is Surviving This? IT Workers.
At the time of this writing, there are mandatory lockdown directives in 15 of the 26 EU countries, 3 countries in Southeast Asia, and hundreds more municipalities around the world. In an effort to stem the tide of Coronavirus, many companies have mandated working from...
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From Babysitting Laptops to NetOps Technician [This IT Training is the key to upskilling]
If you've ever spent years at the same job and felt stuck in a position, we feel your pain. When your schedule is already tight and your budget is limited due to raising a family, the thought of going back to school seems almost impossible. We get it, and, more...
4 Qualities That Tell An IT Manager To Hire You
When deciding how to prepare for you IT interview, it is important to know what an IT hiring manager looks for. Here are 4 traits that IT managers look for when conducting interviews.
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She Went From Stay-At-Home Mom To Cybersecurity Technician IN MONTHS [How She Did It]
Makeia Jackson was looking for the next step in her life. As a mom and wife, she knew she would need something flexible and highly effective to bring her to the next level. Before Makeia discovered NexGenT, she was a stay at home mom with a technical degree that...
Want To Stand Out From Other IT Candidates? Read This First! FSNA & FSNP Certifications Could Be Your Answer
What are the best IT Certifications? Which IT certification should I get first? What is most in demand? These are the pressing questions that keep popping up. In an industry awash in an alphabet soup of certifications, it’s difficult to determine which ones...
Denied Workers’ Comp? This Man Decided To Take It As A Cue For Change
A zoom interview with Zero To Engineer Alumni, Logan Brindley Logan Brindley was tired of lifting 5-gallon buckets of chains every day and working late nights away from home. Uneven sleeping schedules, physically harmful work: missing the morning moments with family...
FAQ: The Old CCNA vs. The New CCNA
Q: What is the new CCNA, and why is it being implemented? Answer: Cisco answers these questions here. You can also go through this official Cisco thread to get a more personalized answer and ask questions yourself. Q: What if I can't complete both ICND1 and ICND2...
Features of the New Cisco CCNA 200-301
A closer look at the differences between the old and new CCNA plus CCNA 200-301 specifics As we all know, several changes are coming to the CCNA as of February 24, 2020. Although CCNA certification has been standard for many years, the exams keep changing to keep up...
Why NOW Is The Time To Consider A Career Move In The Field Of Cyber Security
Cyber adversaries are regularly coming up with sophisticated tools and technologies and innovating at a faster pace than what enterprises today can cope with. Let’s see why it’s high time and how to go about getting a job in cybersecurity. How much money can you make?...
NexGenT 2019 Year in Review
Wow! As NexGenT closes out another year and ends the decade, we wanted to reflect on what an amazing year 2019 has been. First off, let us take this opportunity to thank all the people in our community that made it such a great year. We also wanted to share with you...
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FSNA Bootcamp #9
FSNA Bootcamp #9 was a great success. Please take a moment and help me congratulate our latest FSNAs, David Davis, Brie Bertsch and Juan Matamoros (Pictured from left to Right). They worked really hard and put in a massive amount of effort in building out their real...
NexGenT Welcomes Vamsee Kandimalla, Instructor and Mentor
Vamsee is a seasoned rockstar engineer who comes to NexGenT with a wide variety of experience in different sectors such as defense, consumer electronics, and automotive. Vamsee has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California and an MS focused on...
FSNA Bootcamp #8
Congratulations to all of our new FSNA Certified students! #33 Anthony Rangel, Awarded August 9, 2019: Anthony is a sponge in the classroom. He used his week at FSNA Bootcamp to soak up as much information as possible. Since he already has a job in the IT...
NexGenT Welcomes Umar Aziz, Instructor & Mentor
Umar is a seasoned rockstar engineer who comes to NexGenT with an enormous amount of experience coupled with burning passion for teaching and a core competency of helping starters to become successful network and system engineers. Umar has a bachelor’s degree in...
NexGenT Welcomes Tobiah Walter, Instructor & Mentor
Tobiah is a versatile rockstar engineer who has worked in many different types of jobs in over 15 years as an IT professional. He absolute loves to instruct students as teaching is one of his great passions in life. Tobiah joined the United States Air Force in 2003...
NexGenT at Cisco Live 2019
Wow! NexGenT was excited to be there as Cisco Live celebrated its 30 year anniversary this year and they spared no expense. How big was Cisco Live 19? 28,000 attendees, 1.2 million online views, 45,000 unique devices connected and 75,000 TB of data passed through...
NexGenT Welcomes Rob Riker, Instructor & Mentor
Rob is a true rockstar engineer who comes to NexGenT with a vast amount of experience and a burning passion for teaching and helping others to become successful as Network and Systems Engineers. Rob began from zero experience, working through the helpdesk and becoming...
Why Joe Montana Is Backing These 2 Vets With His Own Money
San Francisco. Middle of the winter. January 10, 1982. The 49ers had made it all the way to the NFC title game. But, they were facing the Dallas Cowboys, perhaps the strongest team in the entire league, as 3-point underdogs at Candlestick Park. Entering the 4th...
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Disrupting [Tech] Education: Two Air Force Veterans Start Edtech Startup
Terry Kim and Jacob Hess, both former Air Force IT instructors, decided to quit their high-paying corporate jobs to start an IT training edtech company called NexGenT (short for Next Generation Training). The reason? Well, they were (and still are) sick and tired of...
NexGenT Travels to Portugal for WebSummit!
We've made it to Lisbon, Portugal for WebSummit! The timing is perfect as we just finished up fundraising in SF after living there for 2 months post AngelPad for the summer and recently relocated our company to Silicon Valley. We went from a founding team of 2 to...