The Technical Account Manager (TAM) and other customer facing interviews

One way I’ve decided to help is give a better explanation of what certain IT roles are so it helps you understand it more as you move into around in IT jobs. One of them I’ve heard is about a TAM. The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a person hired by a product vendor (For …

Google explains what a Solutions Architect Does

Good day everyone, What a busy week! A few things today that I’m excited to share: First – I had 2 very nice reach outs this week. I’ll share one of them below as the other is too personal for me to share publicly. Thank you, Varesh for taking the time to write and give …

Confusion about the Architecture Role

The biggest complaint I have is the labelling of the certification programs. You get a driver’s license, you can drive. You get an Amazon Solutions Architect Certification, and you can’t be a solutions architect??? What gives? There’s so much confusion about the role of being a solutions architect that I will be doing a video …

VMware advice for an IT Career

My friend Jeff Davey, Senior Manager  at VMware talks about IT Careers, where to develop skills  and evolving trends. Follow Jeff on Twitter @vJeffD VMware is deployed in over 80% of organizations and has been a pioneer in virtualization and cloud automation for the hybrid cloud.  For those getting into the field, knowing this technology …

The Secret to a Tech Interview

So many of you have reached out for help on Interviews that I had to rush through this article! Firstly, I’m glad the resume suggestions have been so effective! If you put some time and effort, you’ll get that interview in no time! Secondly, yes – this might be your first interview or it might …

If it sounds too good…

Folks – please be warned – there are some scams going around with people pretending to offer jobs. They get your resume, then set you up on an interview claiming they are headhunters. After the interview, they ask you for a lot of your personal information and then do identity theft/etc. Please be careful. I …

How to Make your Online Meetings Awesome!

Everyone is getting meeting fatigue in their IT roles. The following tool will help you add life back to an overdone meeting. It’s called Microsoft Whiteboard, and it can be downloaded here for free: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/microsoft-whiteboard/digital-whiteboard-app Microsoft Whiteboard is easy to use, and there are cool tricks to make you a pro at using it even …

3 Common Problems on Resumes

Based on the questions I’ve received, I am doing one more video to clarify and simplify some of the content. A lot of questions wanted to see how I actually build a skeleton, identify skills required, etc. So I’m answering the 3 most common questions I’ve been hearing. Question 1 – How to get Skills? …