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...
5 Tips For Creating a More Secure Organization
Within the last year, we’ve seen a huge rise in cyber attacks all over the world in almost every sector - banking, medical, consumer, and enterprise. In the U.S., workers received a slew of phishing attacks after relief funds were sent out. In Germany, the first death...
Taking the Cisco CCNA From Home, Trick Questions, & How to Prepare
The Cisco CCNA remains one of the top entry-level certifications used to launch careers in IT and Networking. Due to Covid-19, the testing environment of the CCNA has changed dramatically, and it is now easier than ever before to sit for your CCNA Exam. What exactly...
Why Your Business Needs Diversity In The Workplace
Diversity has become one of the most important facets in a thriving business as companies become more competitive than ever and cultural dynamics with their audience evolves. Additionally, in today’s climate, customers are looking to work with companies that value a...
7 Ways to Stay Motivated During An Online Course
The first few weeks going through an online course can feel powerful. You have decided to invest in your future, you’re excited about the curriculum, and you are ready to soak in all the new knowledge that you can apply to take your next step in your career. Then,...
Traditional IT Certification Exams Are Broken : NexGenT Create Job-Ready Engineers
Tired of interviewing “certified” engineers that look great on paper, but don’t actually have the skills to match their certifications? In a 2015 CompTIA study, 91% of employers believe IT certifications play a critical role in the hiring process and that IT...
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...
Stuck at the Help Desk? These 5 Aspiring IT Engineers Cracked the Code
You know the routine. The waning hours of the day, checking off support tickets, babysitting laptops, and working through the grey hued workday with a dispassionate weight on your chest. Your stepping stone into the industry has felt far to much like a landing stone...
5 Red Flags to Beware of When Hiring Network Engineers
If you are an IT hiring manager, you probably already know the most common red flags to look out for when hiring a software engineer: Resumes with too many buzzwords... Lots of short term roles with unexplained gaps... and no portfolio, projects, or sample work to...
7 Remote IT Careers That Make Over $100k
Now more than ever, people are seeking opportunities that will allow them to work from home. But even during massive unemployment rates after COVID, there are still excellent remote opportunities for those in tech roles. Want even more good news? Not only are there...
People of Zero To Engineer: Jonathan Flores
A devastating future was just around the corner. The calm atmosphere had morphed into one engulfed with chaos and destruction. With no end in sight, my parents decided to pack-up and leave the civil war torn country of El Salvador in the 80’s. Even with empty pockets,...
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...
6 Inspiring People Who Made A Career Change from Warehousing to Information Technology
It’s another shift on the night crew. The last time they saw the sun, it was setting; the next time will be when it’s rising. Their muscles complain as they do their work, the strain across their shoulders is a familiar companion. They've gotten accustomed to this...
Gamers Move to the Next Level in IT. Use YOUR Skills and Win a Six-Figure Job
Gamers and IT professionals are cut from the same cloth. Both are team players. Both are tech buffs. Both grew up "wired." The main difference? Top IT professionals hang out in the boardroom, not the bedroom. Many famous coders, network engineers, and developers...
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...
9 Companies Hiring IT Professionals Right Now
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the U.S. job market, but not every industry has been impacted in the same way. While other sectors such as hospitality and tourism have seen a substantial downturn, the software and tech industries have remained relatively...
How To Create The Best IT Resume for Top Tech Companies like Google
Whether we are in a 1:1 appointment or covering resumes in our career course, NexGenT’s Career Service team is consistently talking about adapting to the twenty-first century of IT hiring trends and the way you are being viewed as an applicant. Resumes are no longer...
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...
NexGenT’s Head of Career Service, Sam Stuber
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).
How to Find an IT Job During a Pandemic
There are great opportunities, even in a crisis With the outbreak of the Corona Virus forcing nearly 13% of the US population out of work through furloughs and layoffs, many are in a panic to find new jobs. While the announcement of millions of jobs lost is troubling,...
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...
EXPLAINED: IT Job Security Clearances – An Expert Reveals the Secrets
An expert in the field breaks down what kind of jobs require clearance, the different levels of clearance, how to get your clearance sponsored and more.
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...
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The IT Training and Experience you didn’t know you needed [CCNA & FSNA]
New: Real-World & Skills-Based IT Certifications So you want to know what IT certification you should be spending your valuable time on. Let’s lay out some reasons why you want to get certified in the first place. To make yourself competitive so you...
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...
#LevelingUp From An IT Administrator to Network Engineer
A zoom interview with Zero To Engineer Alumni, Chris Mickinnis Chris Mickinnis is a family man whose top priority is providing for his loved ones. For Chris, that meant staying in his predictable, safe, yet unrewarding job doing miscellaneous IT work. A "Jack of all...
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?...
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Online Cybersecurity Training [Your NEED TO KNOW Fundamentals]
Understanding fundamentals is a key part of becoming a skilled Cybersecurity engineer. Our program will teach you how to think like a hacker and help defend against attacks with practical real-world skills you’ll need for the job. In this blog, we'll give you an...
The Growing Gap between Education & Employment
It’s a tired trope to cite the percentage of English majors that are working as a Starbucks barista, but the point is well taken. With 44% of recent college graduates working a job that doesn’t require a degree, higher education must be missing something. And while...
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...
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...
Exclusive Interview Tips from an Amazon Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
Anthony Nguyen, a Security Solutions Architect at Amazon, spoke with Sam Stuber from the NexGenT Career Services team about his career in IT and cybersecurity. At the end of the interview, students had the chance to ask him success questions. While the exclusive...
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...
People of Zero To Engineer: Marcus Mapes
https://youtu.be/CgXqzDHocTY Growing up, I had no IT education at all, but I did have some friends that were computer enthusiasts that showed me some things, and that’s what initially got me interested in IT in the first place. They could put together computers and...
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...
Is College Really Necessary?
NexGenT was founded on the belief that education is for everyone and that the ideal educational system should be based on real-world skills training. The company ethos includes the belief that education cannot leave people in debt with degrees that do not teach the...
People of Zero To Engineer: Chris Mendez
https://youtu.be/K9RPLkz3Te0 Being completely immersed and productive perfectly sums up my college learning experience. I attended the University of Phoenix and graduated with a B.S. in IT and Software engineering. 90% of my time was spent doing online coursework,...
People of Zero To Engineer: Chris Evans
Education has always been the primary avenue I’ve chosen to progress my career. Shortly after earning my associate’s degree, I started working as a Business Analyst making $29k/year for Assurant. Budgets and data analysis came easy to me, but after 7 years I just...
People of Zero to Engineer: Keron Taylor
I never thought I would say this, but breaking my wrist was a blessing in disguise. I was working as a Chemicals Operator at BASF; one of the world’s largest chemical companies. My job duties included driving fork lifts, unloading tankers, and running multiple...
From zero to Samsung Network Engineer in 18 months
He had been standing impatiently in line waiting for quite some time, like everybody else on his side of the stage. It was hot and somewhat humid, the sun was glaring on his face and the dark outfit he was wearing from head to toe wasn’t helping in any way. The crowd...
The difference between getting stuck and skyrocketing through the ranks of IT
On a rainy Sunday afternoon back in 1986, a 5-year old boy stood motionless in front of a TV set. He watched attentively, but seemed frustrated—almost as if he were trying to make sense of the ever changing images and sounds that danced flawlessly right in front of...
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From uncertainty to a 6-figure technical job [Plus the luxury to work from home]
One of the very first students of Zero to Engineer already had years of experience. He had served as an IT instructor at the Air Force, and was currently working as a network engineer. He had served in the Air Force for about 8 years, after which he decided to...
What is Edge Computing and Why You Should Care About It
The underlying concept of Edge Computing is simple: it’s the idea that pushing “intelligence” to the edge of the network will reduce the load on the core servers and on the network itself, and make the network more efficient overall. Edge Computing, like many other...