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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Cigarettes

    I just can’t do it. They’re trashy and they smell terrible. Almost universally friends/partners I’ve had the smoke cigarettes ash wherever they want- like my patio or door step. I had an ex that would chain smoke, ash in front of the door, then put the cigarette out and leave it on the steps.

    So now everyone that walks by sees our entryway covered in ash, cigarette butts, and burn marks. Just looks and smells like shit.

    That same partner kept an ash tray in the patio. It filled up with water when it rained, and she just… left it. So now the patio smells like soppy wet shit too.

    Ever since then cigs are a deal breaker for me. If you don’t respect your body how can you ever respect your environment or relationship?

    Anyway.








  • So, they’re a good baseline from a generalist perspective. If you’re going for entry level helpdesk, it proves you have a base level of technical ability.

    The A+/Net+/Sec+ trifecta is a good starting point and give you a strong fundamental knowledge base to pursue other vendor specific certifications.

    Past that it is very dependent on what you’d like to do, there are a lot of Niches to fill. Interested in networking? Go for Cisco certs, you might not even encounter a lot of Cisco gear because it’s starting to fade, but the certs look good on a resume.

    Though at the end of the day, experience and references are key. I personally have a reference list included in my resume going all the way back to my first IT job.

    A degree helps but isn’t necessary.