aaronwdejong.net: a blog about my journey in IT and in life.
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Certification Plans
I’ve decided on splitting up my CCNA re-certification into the Network+ and the CCNA certification by creating a plan that would work to get through all of the data. For my certification plans I am doing the CompTIA Network+ as the first phase with CCNA as the second, and want to get through training on…
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Additions to my Skill Set
I have been studying a little bit of front-end web development and have some skills in HTML5 and CSS3. I am not as good at JavaScript and want to work on this with skillsforall.com which is a Cisco Learning site in addition to watching JavaScript YouTube videos. Other programming languages that I think that I…
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Networking Certification
There is quite a lot of training for the AZ-900 and I would like to do this after re-certifying for my CCNA. I have been studying some on the AZ-900 and have a lengthy study plan. The CCNA is more like my bread and butter, where I have focused more throughout my degrees and the…
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Thoughts on the future
I have been thinking about what I want to do in the future and would like to work up to a Chief Technology Officer role where the average age is around 51 for people that work as a CTO. I have been studying for some of the skills and would need to work on some…
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CompTIA A+ Core 2 220-1102 Exam
I recently passed the CompTIA A+ Core 2 220-1102 Exam and ended up having a little bit of anxiety near the end of the exam. With my CCNA on the back-burner now, I am looking forward to taking the AZ-900 sometime in October or November 2023. I am trying to get to the point that…
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Adding Study Plans
I am a firm believer in making study plans and sticking to your goals as far as IT Certifications go. I have taken on the newer way of doing practice tests, I was not a believer in them until I passed my ITF+ certification and I preferred doing it the old way which was learning…
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Thoughts on DeveloperWeek CloudX Conference
I thought that the DeveloperWeek CloudX 2023 conference was a good experience overall and will be back next year to do the 2024 conference. I did get to watch five speakers at the event and learned more about Cloud Computing, DevOps and also about the future of work. I did have some social anxiety and…
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CompTIA A+ 220-1102
I have rescheduled my CompTIA Core 2 Exam to September 5, 2023 and feel like I am ready for it now. I am still studying for the CCST: Networking Exam and plan to take it later in October of this year. Taking care of my certifications this year has been part of the lifestyle that…
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Working on A+ Again
In addition to my CCST: Networking, which I am studying for still, I have made an exam test date on September 26th, 2023 to test for my CompTIA A+ Core 2 220-1102 exam. This is to pass the second exam in order to get the CompTIA A+ certification, in which I have passed the Core…
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Looking Forward
I’m looking forward to the DeveloperWeek CloudX conference on the 22nd and 23rd of this month along with the HashiConf ’23 coming up in October that are both online. This is me trying to get into a simulated work environment in which I can test my social anxiety levels. I took up a challenge this…
