Do not despise small beginnings. 25 minutes a day rewriting your cover letter—tightening the story, highlighting the crossover skills—can shift the whole way recruiters see you.

IT certifications are about understanding the economics of credibility in an industry that still struggles to measure competence.

When first coming into IT, it’s better to treat that job less like needing the highest salary - and more of the role leading you to 6-figures.

IT certs are signals of competence. It's a tool you need to play for the next pivot. But it's not the only tool.

An elite IT portfolio is a systematic demonstration of your ability to solve expensive problems.

It’s delusional to think your IT career develops when you use titles to substitute expertise and higher pay.

The phrase "free work" triggers IT professionals. We've been conditioned to believe our time has inherent monetary value (1st world privileged thinking), that working for free diminishes our worth. Entitled brats. This is precisely bass ackwords. Free work, strategically

You can make six figures in IT without a CISSP.

IT must become your identity until you make 6-figures, lest you waste years where you should've been making 6-figures.

If someone can come from pizza delivery to academic suspension to 6-figures in IT, you can too.

Maybe becoming committed to the IT path means you'll have to cancel your Netflix subscription.

Subject yourself to temporary extremes so you can build a 6-figure career where you can work anywhere you want. Do it in IT.

IT is knowledge work. It breaks the need for you to be physically present. For those who want to see the world, consider getting into IT before you conisder building your own business or signing up for another degree. Today I woke up in Ecuador because of this advantage. There's

You can make 6-figures in IT through IAM.

Dont keep the problems you solve secret. Being in IT makes it easy to rock quiet competence. But the wins no one knows about isn’t going to do you any favors for future pivots or promotions. Better to add it as a project in your portfolio.

Education in IT is the ultimate hopecore. Through learning, you can change your circumstances.