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  • 10 Steps to becoming an Internal IT Consultant

    Posted April 1, 2013 - 4:12 pm

    I’m tired of feeling like an order taker for the business group I support. How do I get them to ask me what’s needed, not just tell me what to do and what reports to build?

  • COBOL will outlive us all

    Posted February 12, 2013 - 9:07 am

    In the early 1980s, I was told that COBOL was going away and that I should quickly move toward other programming languages. Well, thirty years later, COBOL is alive and well and living in large companies everywhere.

  • The IT to BT transformation and 9 ways to profit from it

    Posted January 28, 2013 - 10:13 am

    The Information Technology (IT) groups we all know and love are, slowly but surely, being transformed into new and more business-oriented organizations, best characterized by the term Business Technology (BT). This transformation of IT from being technology driven toward becoming business driven has long been in the making, is truly taking hold, and will potentially have major implications on your future employment.

  • 9 Ways to properly prepare for an interview

    Posted January 22, 2013 - 2:58 pm

    In most human endeavors, preparation is the key to success. This could be running a marathon, negotiating the price on a new car, giving a speech, or as you may expect based on the title of this blog, putting your best foot forward in a job interview.

  • 15 great IT telecommuting jobs

    Posted January 14, 2013 - 10:32 am

    I'm considering going back to school for a degree in computer science. If I do, are there any IT jobs that can be done virtually from home?

  • 8 Great reasons to attend professional association meetings

    Posted January 7, 2013 - 4:36 pm

    A friend suggested that professional association meetings are a good place to network. I went to a meeting and didn’t make any good connections. Do you think going to these meetings are worth going to or are they a waste of time?

  • Be an IT triple threat

    Posted December 18, 2012 - 8:47 am

    The expression “triple threat” has historically been associated with two very diverse activities, the performing arts and football. My suggestion here is that you become a triple threat in IT, It can get you hired and/or promoted.

  • New Business Analyst considers next steps

    Posted December 3, 2012 - 5:24 pm

    Two months ago I was hired as a Business Analyst and am new to the IT industry. What should I do now to help my career?

  • 6 Ways to reinvent yourself technically and professionally

    Posted November 13, 2012 - 10:02 am

    I’m a business analyst and have been working on my company’s order entry systems for the last five years. I like my job, I like the people, I like the company and I even like the system, but I feel trapped and want to make a change. What should I do?

  • 6 Ways to gain a wider view of technology

    Posted October 22, 2012 - 3:40 pm

    In last week’s blog post I discussed the importance of being generally knowledgeable of technologies outside your specific technical expertise. As promised, this week, I’ll be expanding on this topic and providing various suggestions on how to gain this general understanding.

  • If you’re a Techie, know about technology

    Posted October 16, 2012 - 12:22 pm

    I was speaking with a group of younger software and hardware IT professionals. They were a great crowd, extraordinarily knowledgeable in their specific areas of expertise, and just a joy to be with, but had a lot to learn.

  • How to add soft skills to your resume

    Posted October 2, 2012 - 10:39 am

    In last week’s blog I began answering a reader’s question related to why and how soft skills related information should be added to your resume. My last blog described the “why”, in this blog I’ll describe the “how”.

  • 6 Ways to start thinking like a CIO and now it can help you get there

    Posted September 4, 2012 - 11:12 am

    It may sound premature to start thinking like a CIO this early in your career, but it will help you begin to notice things you would otherwise miss.

  • 3 Steps to get the best projects to work on

    Posted August 27, 2012 - 10:39 am

    I never seem to get the great projects. I feel like I’m always assigned boring tasks that no one else wants to do. What can I do to help my chances of working on the good stuff?

  • Stay Technical or Become a Manger: 10 Things to Consider

    Posted May 23, 2012 - 5:49 am

    Dear Eric, I was just offered a promotion from programmer to IT manager. It feels wonderful to be asked, but I’m not sure I want to take it. Any thoughts on what I should do?

  • Top 10 ways to be a bad technical manager

    Posted April 18, 2012 - 8:55 am

    As technical professionals, almost all of us have worked with managers that just can’t seem to get it right? It’s almost like they have been specially trained to be bad managers. That said, maybe they just read the list below. Enjoy :)

  • Proactively manage your career

    Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:09 pm

    People early in their career say “If I work hard, one day I’ll be a THIS.” THIS could be a CIO, Systems Architect, Senior Programmer, or any other professional goal you desire. Then, one day, years later, you look up from your day-to-day activities and realize one of the following . . .

  • Great IT jobs for science and math majors

    Posted January 9, 2012 - 6:09 pm

    Even though I have undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics, I really like computers and would like to work professionally within IT. How can I find a job within IT?

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