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Getting a Master's in Six Months

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    At the time of writing this, it has been almost two months since I completed my Master’s degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance from Western Governor’s University (WGU). As I explained in my Bachelor’s degree blog post, WGU is an online university that only has degrees in business, technology, health and nursing, and education. These degrees have higher rates of employment and so WGU focuses on these degrees. The school does not have traditional semesters, instead the school has six month terms. The school is also competency based, which means students can complete as many classes as they can in the six months term. Many classes are completed by either writing an essay or taking a test. Other classes are completed by gaining an industry certification like CompTIA Security+. While I completed my Bachelor’s degree in one year, it only took my six months to complete my Master’s degree at WGU.     While deciding if I wanted to pursue a Master’s degree...
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Getting a Degree in One Year

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                  For the last year, I haven’t had any projects to post about because I was focusing on getting a bachelor’s degree from Western Governor’s University (WGU). WGU is a completely online school that only offers degrees for business, technology, health and nursing and education because these degrees have a high employment rate. The school is competency based which means it lets you complete courses at your own pace as long as you can demonstrate that you know the material taught in the course while paying a flat fee for six months. This means, in theory, you could complete a whole bachelor’s degree in six months. When I first heard about WGU I thought it was too good to be true, but after some research I found that it was a legitimate accredited school. When you think about it, there are some students at universities who don’t attend class all semester, study the last week, pass the final and ge...
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What No One is Talking About in IT

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  At the time of writing this, I recently moved across the country and therefore my home lab is packed up. I haven’t had time or really a place to set it up, so I decided I’d write about something that has been on my mind for a while. Something I haven’t heard anyone talk about when it comes to IT. I’ve done a lot of research into how to start a career in IT. I’ve read articles online, asked others on LinkedIn, and watched YouTubers, like Josh Madakor, Jon Good, IT Career Questions, and UnixGuy. All of them share good insights that I think are really helpful. However, (no fault of theirs) none of them mention the benefits, opportunities, or advantages that come with starting a career in IT by joining the military. I realize this isn’t the path for everyone, but it is something I wish I knew about a long time ago. When I joined the Marines I only wanted to be an infantryman, but looking back now I wish I had picked a job with more transferable skills. When I switched from Mari...
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Active Directory

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One common skill I've heard and seen a lot about is Active Directory, which is basically how administrators manage access to resources. Since it seems like such an important skill to at least be familiar with in IT, I decided to try it out for myself in my home lab. For the lab I followed was Josh Madakor's video on YouTube which can be found at this link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHsI8hJmggI . The video is about three years old and Josh uses a Mac for the lab and I use Windows 10, therefore there are a few small differences between the video and my post, but nothing super significant. The lab involves downloading VirtualBox, Windows Server 2019, and Windows 10. Then using virtual machines (VMs) to set up the virtual server and using a script from Josh's video to create a large number of fake users. Finally, creating a Windows 10 machine and connecting to the server.  The first step is to download virtual box at this link,  https://www.virtualbox.org/ wiki/Download...
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