NexGenT Celebrates The FSNE 4-24 Cohort Graduation

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

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...

Why Your Business Needs Diversity In The Workplace

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

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,...

7 Remote IT Careers That Make Over $100k

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

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,...

How to Find an IT Job During a Pandemic

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,...

NexGenT Donates $5 Million in IT Course Scholarships During COVID-19

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.

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...

NexGenT 2019 Year in Review

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

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...

FSNA Bootcamp #8

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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...