The TechTual Talk
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Introducing The Techtual Talk - the ultimate podcast for exploring the exciting world of technology and promoting diversity in the industry! Join us as we delve into the many avenues available in tech, including non-technical roles, and shine a spotlight on the representation of African Americans and other people of color in this space. We believe that every child, regardless of their background, should have the opportunity to discover and pursue a fulfilling career in technology. With The Techtual Talk, we aim to bridge the gap and provide the inspiration and resources needed to succeed.
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212: How to Build a Six-Figure Tech Career Using Linux
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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211: Coupang’s $409M Fine, ServiceNow Flaw, Anthropic Fable and AI Hiring Bias
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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210: IBM was hacked 56,000 times(and nobody knew)
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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209: 20 Final Round Interviews but ZERO OFFERS ‼️
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May 27, 2026 |
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208: From Air Force to Six-Figure Cloud Engineer
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May 25, 2026 |
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207: 6-Figure Tech Careers for Vets: The Real Truth
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May 12, 2026 |
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206: Is the Job Market Cooked(in 2026)?
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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205: Is Claude Mythos the End of Cybersecurity? (Project Glasswing)
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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204: Ep. 204 FBI Director & Lockheed Martin Hacked: America’s Worst Security Disaster?
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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ep. 203 Iranian hackers Just DELETED Stryker: The Scariest Cyber Attack of 2026.
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Ep. 202 Why Gen Z is getting FIRED, Capella's Master Degree in 36 days, $300k Cyber Jobs
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Ep. 201 Why Jack Dorsey Just Fired 4,000 People (And Who Is Next) |
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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200: Ep. 200 What Amazon & Meta Aren’t Telling You About Layoffs
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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From College Dropout to $500k AWS Cloud Engineer
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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What Recruiters Really Think: Resumes, AI, and Job Search Myths Uncovered
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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199: Episode 199 Ex Intel Employee stole 18,000 files, Top Breaches of 2025, Career Advice for your 30s
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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198: Ep. 198 Breaking Into Security: Helpdesk Roots, GovTech Woes, and Red Team Dreams
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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197: Episode 197 Would you Return to Office for a $250k Salary?
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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IT Helpdesk helped him become a Cyber Security Analyst(in 2025)
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 196 CrowdStrike's Insider Threat Problem, $140k Student Loan Debt, and Phishing Attacks
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 195 Cloudflare’s Outage, DoorDash hacked, Nvidia $57B revenue, and Tech Career Crashouts
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 194 AfroTech Recap, Amazon Layoffs, Business Casual
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 192 How we got into Cyber Security (tips for newbies)
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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191: Ep. 191 Why Women love AI and not Men
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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190: Ep 190 Why getting a job feels impossible right now
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 189 Do College Universities need AI for Graduate Success?
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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188: Ep. 188 Are GRC Analyst roles dead, is GRC engineering the future, tech startups
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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187: Episode 187 Cyber Security Engineers, Advanced Degrees, & Security Awareness
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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186: Ep. 186 The Honest Truth about Security+, Govtech, & working helpdesk Ft. Symone Beez
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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185: Ep. 185 IT Helpdesk helped Triple his income
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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184: Ep.184 Cyber News: PaloAlto buys CyberArk,Tea App Hacked again, Tech Women leave TikTok
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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183: Ep. 183 The Tea App Data Breach: Millenial Managers, Sam Altman on ChatGPT Legal Protection
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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182: Ep. 182 Mastering Cloud Careers: Real Talk on Help Desk, DevOps, and Tech Interview Strategies
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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181: Ep. 181 Tech Job Market: Data Roles, Cloud Engineering, AI Strategy, and Career Growth
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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180: Ep. 180 Discover Six-Figure Career Opportunities in Energy (Pivot Now)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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179: Ep. 179 Will CompTIA Sec+ land you a SOC Analyst role?
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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178: Ep. 178 The $200k Big 4 GRC Cyber Security Consultant
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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177: Ep. 177 iOS 26, Google Cloud Outage, Android 16, & Discord Invite Link Exploits
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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176: Ep. 176 Become a Project Manager without Experience (in 2025)
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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175: Ep. 175 From Carmax Car Salesman to IT Infrastructure Architect |
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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174: Ep. 174 GRC Is Technical: Breaking the Non-Technical Stereotype in GRC
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May 29, 2025 |
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173: Ep. 173 CrowdStrike Layoffs, AI Missteps, and Industry Shakeups
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May 19, 2025 |
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172: Ep. 172 The Truth about Networking Careers: Network Engineering vs Networking Security
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May 09, 2025 |
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171: Ep. 171 The Truth About Cyber Security Careers: Bootcamps, AI, and GRC
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May 02, 2025 |
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170: Ep.170 The Ai Copyright Problem
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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169: Ep. 169 HR Expert Reveals Shocking truth about Corporate America
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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168: Ep. 168 How to get into IT without ANY EXPERIENCE
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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167: Ep. 167 What is RPA (Robotic Process Automation) ?
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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166: Ep. 166 From $12 an Hour to Tech Millionaire feat Troy Buckholdt
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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167: Ep. 165 Google Buys Wiz for $32 Billion in EPIC deal
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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164: Ep. 164 The HONEST TRUTH about being a SOC Analyst
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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163: Ep. 163 Tech Job Market Struggles, AI Recruiting Interviews, T-Mobile $25k Payout
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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162: Episode 162. | From Dental Assistant to Cloud Engineer ft. ShaeInTheCloud
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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161: Episode 161. Get into GovTech: Become an ISSO with NIST RMF
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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160: Ep. 160 | How to Get into Cybersecurity with ZERO Experience
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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159: Ep. 159 Why is it hard to find a job in 2025?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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158: Trump Offers Government Employees 8 Month Buyout or RTO ,ChatGPT vs Deepseek , What is DEI?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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157: Ep. 157 JP Morgan wants Employees in OFFICE 5 days a week | Tiktok is getting banned!
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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156: Vivek Ramaswamy Erupts on American Culture on X
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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155: IT Director EXPOSES the TRUTH about working in Tech
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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154: How to become a Salesforce Administrator
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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153: Was United Healthcare's CEO Murdered? ep. 153
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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151: Why Cybersecurity Needs a Makeover! ft Miranda Stanfield ep. 152
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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151: Are Cyber Security JOBS in DEMAND ? Ep. 151
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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150: How to PIVOT into Cyber Security in 6 Months with NO EXPERIENCE
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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149: She Quit Teaching to work in Tech
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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148: How to Kickstart Your Career in Project Management
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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147: Top Flight Security of the World Craig
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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146: From NOC Analyst to Remote Entry-Level Incident Response Analyst
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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145: From No Experience to Security Engineer
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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141: IS AI increasing Unemployment in TECH? | Remote work coming to an end?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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143: JOB HOPPING EXPOSED ! | How to BEAT PIPS from HR expert
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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142: DEI is the new N Word
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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141: No EXPERIENCE to CLOUD ENGINEER | Get into the CLOUD or DIE TRYING
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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140: You need Helpdesk to get into Cybersecurity?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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139: The MYTH about the CYBER SECURITY INDUSTRY
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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138: Dell & Intel Layoffs Impact Thousands | Tech CEOs back track on RTO Mandate
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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137: The $300k GRC Cyber Security Consultant | How to Pivot into GRC
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Aug 10, 2024 |
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139: The TRUTH about GETTING into CYBER SECURITY
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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135: The AT&T Cyber Attack is BIGGER than IMAGINED all CUSTOMERS Affected
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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134: Was the Federal Reserve Bank Hacked?
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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133: From Software Engineer to Cybersecurity Analyst with Sandra Liu
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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135: How to Start your Cyber Security Career with Splunk !
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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132: From MailRoom Clerk to Six-Figure Cyber Security Engineer
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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131: How LONG should it TAKE to find a JOB in 2024?
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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130: Is Microsoft's AI Recall a GAMECHANGER or Privacy NightMare ?
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May 31, 2024 |
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129: The Future of Cybersecurity: AI’s Role in Threat Detection and Response
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May 20, 2024 |
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128: United Healthcare's Billion Dollar Security Problem | Ascenion health hacked !
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May 13, 2024 |
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127: From Army Intelligence Analyst to Corporate Ethical Hacker
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May 01, 2024 |
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126: How to work Multiple 6 Figure Tech Jobs with your OWN BUSINESS !
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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125: From Software Engineer at Microsoft to NBA Product Manager!
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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124: AT&T's Hacking Nightmare: Millions of Customer Records Leaked
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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123: How to GET into TECH as FAST as POSSIBLE with no EXPERIENCE
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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122: From $30k IT Helpdesk Analyst to $130k SOC Analyst in 2 YEARS
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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121: Meta Suffered Massive Outage ! | Is Cyber Security Boring? | Change Healthcare paid the Ransom ?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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120: From Helpdesk to True Love: Balancing MARRIAGE and CAREERS in TECH
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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119: AT&T suffers Outages | AI Deepfake steals $25 million | The RTO Debate
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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118: Breaking into Tech: From Finance to Six-Figure Software Engineer
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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117: Surviving PIPs and Securing New Roles: Technical Program Management Decoded
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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116: From Hacking General Electric to Six-Figure CyberSecurity Consultant
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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115: From Tech Support to Senior GRC Manager: A Professional Transformation
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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114: Navigating Entry-Level Cybersecurity Careers as a New Grad
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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113: Gen Z's Interview Challenges and workplace struggles | 23andMe plays blame game
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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112: From IT HelpDesk Analyst to DOD Security Engineer
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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111: The TRUTH about WORKING in TECH | Don't Let TIKTOK Fool You
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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110: From Fireman to Network Administrator
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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109: How to Negotiate a Salary after Job Offer | Top Tech Recruiter gives Job search Secrets
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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108: Conquering Imposter Syndrome: From Job Hopping to Career Growth at a Fortune 500 Company
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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107: From Tech Newbie to $250k in 6 Months | PaloAlto acquires Dig Security and Talon
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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106: From working in insurance to working in tech | Why you should quit your job
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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105: How to FIX your HORRIBLE Resume !
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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104: Mastering Job Search Strategies and Career Advancement with CareerHackerNate
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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103: From Customer Service to $80k Tech Sales Role
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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102: Unraveling Cisco's $28 Billion Splunk Acquisition and a Breakdown of MGM Resorts Hackers Brilliant Hacking Techniques
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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101: MGM's Cybersecurity Breach, Goldman Sachs' Office Return Policy, and Evolving AI Job Search Strategies
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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100: The $500k Cyber Security Engineer
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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99: From $1200 a month QA Tester to $200k a year Splunk Architect
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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98: From $42k Bank Teller to Self-Made Cloud Engineering Tech Millionaire
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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97: From NCAA College Basketball Champion to Principal Tech Sourcing Expert
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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96: From the College Football Player to Cybersecurity Enterprise Architect
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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95: From $45k Helpdesk Analyst to Six Figure Government Splunk Cybersecurity Consultant
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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94: The Shocking Truth about Big Tech Companies Layoffs and Return to Office
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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93: From Retail to Tech: Venesha Morris on Navigating Industry Transitions and Commanding a Six-Figure Salary
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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94: Breaking into Cybersecurity: Navigating Career Paths, Challenges, and Opportunities
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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92: THIS 26 yr old Snapchat Security Engineer reveals how Internships impacted her Cybersecurity Career
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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92: The Value of a College Degree and Why it can be beneficial for your Tech Career
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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90: Biggest Career Mistakes to Avoid for people in Tech
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May 29, 2023 |
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89: Why you can't get Job Interviews
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May 23, 2023 |
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88: Can YOU make 6 Figures with no EXPERIENCE in your First Cybersecurity Role
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May 15, 2023 |
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87: This 26 year old is a 6 FIGURE PROGRAM MANAGER for MICROSOFT ‼️
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May 08, 2023 |
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86: "THIS 24-Year-Old is a 6 figure Cybersecurity Threat Hunter for the Government !
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May 01, 2023 |
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86: What is a Venture Capitalist featuring Mitch Brooks
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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85: IS College NEEDED to get into CYBERSECURITY ⁉️ | Are CyberSecurity Salaries realistic?
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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84: 21-year-old Air National Guardsman faces charges for leaking Military intelligence documents
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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83: Company Faces Backlash for Requesting "White-Only" Candidates in Job Listing ‼️
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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82: I started my new cybersecurity job | How to stand out at the new job
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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81: Can the GOVERNMENT BAN TIK TOK ? | Ferrari Suffers a ransomware attack
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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80: Meta's over-hiring during Pandemic lead to Tech Layoffs | Dish Network suffered Ransomware Attack
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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79: SVB closed by California REGULATORS
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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78: DISCOVER how REMOTE WORK is COSTING New York City $12 Billion a YEAR !
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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77: What is Data Privacy in 2023
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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76: How To Grow your Podcast in 2023
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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75: Why GRC is the BEST ENTRY-LEVEL CYBERSECURITY Career Choice
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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74: MICROSOFT Tech Recruiter GIVES TIPS to Standout on LinkedIn
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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73: IMPLEMENTING Cyber Security COUNTERMEASURES Prevents Security Breaches
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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72: Working IT Helpdesk for TSA
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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71: What does a Cloud Support Engineer do? | Is it Entry-Level ?
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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70: I Ditched Lastpass for Dashlane Heres Why | Top 10 Worst Tech Jobs
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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69: How to Get into Cybersecurity With no Experience
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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68: Why you should work in a SOC or Incident Response Role
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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67: Cybersecurity is a Flexible Career for Women
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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66: The Truth about IT Helpdesk and Cybersecurity
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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65: What does a Cybersecurity Product Manager do at Amazon?
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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64: My First Afrotech Experience
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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62: Do Entry-Level Cybersecurity jobs actually exist?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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61: How to be a Successful Product Manager in Tech
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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60: Why DevSecOps is Critical!
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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59: Former Uber CSO Convicted of Breach Cover-up! & Facebook is exercising a "quiet purge"
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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58: What is PCI? & Does Roe v. Wade mean a loss of Data Privacy?
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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57: Uber got hacked by an 18 year old
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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56: Attackers are looking for Credentials to Exploit
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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55: Can you Quiet Quit in Cybersecurity & Whats going on with Patreon ?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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54: I was Laid off from my first SOC job!
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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53: College can PREPARE you for the real WORLD IF
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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52: From $50k to $75k | The NOC and SOC Connection
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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51: Why I Left the IT Helpdesk and Why I left Shreveport, LA
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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50: Run the wrong Nmap Scan and You going to Jail
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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49: Why Mentorship can help you get into Cybersecurity
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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48: I was on Myspace in 6th Grade
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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47: You need Empathy to thrive in IT Helpdesk w/ KevTech IT Support
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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47: The Helpdesk helped me out
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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46: They said hiring me at $300 per hour was a steal!
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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45: Hacking a MacBook Pro at the Hackathon w/ Xavier Johnson
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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44: How to be a successful Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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2: Getting into Cybersecurity with Day CyberWox
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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1: What is Ux/UI Design?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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4: From Geek Squad to Network Engineer
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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3: What is a Data Protection Strategist?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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5: Certified Sales Agent to Security Analyst
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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8: What is an Information System Security Officer?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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9: Cyber Breach Please!
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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7: What is Identity and Access Management
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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6: What is Risk Management?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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10: You charge too much!
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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11: Transitioning from Military to Cybersecurity Engineer
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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12: Was my College Degree useful in finding me a JOB ?!
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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13: Networking, Negotiation, and Cybersecurity Career Tips from Tashya Denose
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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14: IT is an Umbrella Term
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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29: You cant scam your way into CyberSecurity
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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16: Robinhood was hacked
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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16: How to remember the OSI Model
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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17: What AWS Certification should you get?
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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18: How to Start a Salesforce Career
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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20: What's it really like working in CyberSecurity with Day Cyberwox
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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19: My Journey getting into Cybersecurity
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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21: How to thrive in a SOC with the SOC Coach
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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43: From Publix Deli Clerk to Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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22: Automate your IT Audits with ByteCheck with CEO Aj Yawn
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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23: Whats Preventing you from Having a Great Tech Career
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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24: Top 5 skills needed to work in a Data center
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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25: Why You Should Invest in your Cybersecurity Career with TechTual Consulting
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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26: How to sustain a career in Tech for 30+ years!
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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27: I've seen some CCNP's that couldn't run Trace Routes and nslookups
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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28: Dont't Call me a Tech Influencer with Davin Jackson
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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42: Does a Salesforce Business Analyst need to be Technical?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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29: Pivot into Tech with MyTechBestFriend
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May 31, 2022 |
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30: Lets Talk about Threat Operations, Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Management
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May 31, 2022 |
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31: What is Systems Engineering?
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May 30, 2022 |
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32: How to start a Tech career in Healthcare with EHR Systems
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May 30, 2022 |
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33: How To become a Cloud Engineer straight outta College
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May 30, 2022 |
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34: From Helpdesk to I.T. Support Engineer at Amazon!
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May 30, 2022 |
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35: Make SIX-FIGURES in TECH ENTERPRISE SALES at FAANG COMPANIES
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May 30, 2022 |
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36: Jermaine "The Jobfather" Jupiter is recruiting from the 6!
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May 30, 2022 |
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37: A Good Tech Sourcer is a Great Tech Recruiter
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May 29, 2022 |
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38: I wasn't Salesforce Certified when I Started my Career
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May 29, 2022 |
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41: My Fintech experience at GoldMan Sachs
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May 27, 2022 |
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40: Learn THIS before getting into Cybersecurity with John Breth
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May 07, 2022 |
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39: What is an ICS Cybersecurity Consultant?
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Apr 19, 2022 |