aaronwdejong.net: a blog about my journey in IT and in life.
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aaronwdejong.net
A Blog for Life in IT with Mental Health Starting my Journey I am starting my new journey today to go back into IT as I have overcome most of my mental health issues that were plaguing me before. I am starting my journey back into IT with the knowledge that I can be the…
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New Thought Process
New Thought Process There are some new thought processes on what I want to accomplish in my career. I haven’t stopped wanting to be a CIO, CISO or CTO. I think that I am not ready for it yet. The new thought that I have regarding this is to work on a specialized path. This…
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Sports Coaching and Tutoring
Vulnerable State Sometimes I am interested in other things, not just IT topics. More recently, I have been working on my sports coaching certifications. I feel that I am able to get a job as a youth wrestling coach. It is something that I have been working on and want to pursue. This is also…
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Studying for Certification Exams
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational exam is the next certification that I am going for. I haven’t scheduled it yet, but tentatively have it penciled in for the third or fourth week of March. This exam is the first exam for the AWS certifications and will test me on…
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Follower Count for Influencer Marketing
Influencer Marketing Followers I have more followers on some social media platforms and others I am not doing as well on. On X, I am getting lower numbers and am at 27 followers. I think that this is due to not being on a verified account and maybe it needs a different approach by myself.…
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Goals and Content Marketing
Goals There are some goals that I am working on for this quarter. Among them are the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, HubSpot Content Marketing Certification, the Semrush SEO Essentials in Semrush, studying for the ENCC exam, programming, and studying more for technical training. As far as studying for the ENCC exam and technical training I…
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Goal Setting for Q1 2026
Newsletter I have started a weekly newsletter that I am doing on Thursday’s at 2:05 PM MST. You can sign up for the Aaron W. DeJong Newsletter for free on Medium at the following link: https://medium.com/aaron-w-dejong-it-articles/newsletter You could also become a member on Medium which will let you see my articles and blog posts. The…
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Branding Aaron W. DeJong
aaronwdejong.net This is my main website that I have for Aaron W. DeJong. I am going to be changing the main page and move the blog component to another page. The reason that I am doing this is so that aaronwdejong.net becomes more like my company website. The changes will be made in the next few weeks…
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My Content Marketing Business
Content Creation This blog, aaronwdejong.net, is going back to be my main blog. The content on this website is going to be more focused on my life and journey in IT. This will allow for this blog to be more about my journey towards becoming a CIO, CISO, or CTO. I have moved the content back…
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Scheduled Changes and Updates
Scheduled Changes I have updated my calendar to add some more boxed out sessions for my studying. This includes studying more throughout the day and making it more routine. I am working on my skill set with TryHackMe and HacktheBox boxed in every day. There are some rooms that will help me increase my skill…
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Changing to a Network Administrator Role
Training I have been training with my study plan on the Linux Essentials certification. In addition, I have been doing some more courses on Udemy. I am now on the Personal Plan and can get access to something like 26,000+ courses. Doing some cybersecurity courses on Udemy including Volume 1 of Nathan House’s course. On…
