High Tech and Finance - Career Transformation Guides (2024)

Colleagues, our new Career Transformation Guides include valuable information that enables you to accelerate your career growth and income potential for professionals in the Technology, Finance and Management disciplines. Each guide contains valuable information, including:

• Career

• Salaries

• Certifications

• Trainings

• Publications & Portals

• Forums & Communities.

The career transformation model focuses on three success factors. First, Get Certified. Professionals with best in-class skill sets combined with industry-leading certifications advance more rapidly than your peers and typically earn 3%-5%+ above their peers. Second, Get Published. Relevant, succinct and insightful articles on best practices in your technical domain or functional discipline enhance your credibility and integrity. And third, Get Connected. Developing and maintaining a robust professional network - locally and globally - bolsters your career persona and positions you as the “go to” subject matter expert in your field.

Download your free Career Transformation Guides today: 

• Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning-Deep Learning

• Blockchain, Ethereum & Web 3

• Cloud Computing

• Cybersecurity & InfoSec

• Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets

• Data Science

• Finance, Accounting & Banking

• JavaScript Full Stack Development

• Linux & Open Source

• Python, R, TensorFlow & PyTorch

• Software Development

• Virtualization, Containerization & Networking

These guides are valuable for both individuals as well as CIOs, CFOs and CSO seeking to upskill their teams.

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team) [https://tinyurl.com/mpdd24pp]

Software Development - Career Transformation Guide (2024 v1)

Dev colleagues, the new Software Development - Career Transformation Guide includes valuable information that enables you to accelerate your career growth and income potential - Career opportunities, Salaries (demand and growth), Certifications and Training programs, Publications and Portals along with Professional Forums and Communities. The guide covers C, Containers, Git and GitHub, Java, Mobile (iOS & Android), SQL and Web Development (front-end). There are separate guides for: 1) Python, R, TensorFlow and PyTorch and 2) Linux and Open Source.

ZipRecruiter (2024) estimated average annual salaries for Software Developers in the US at $111,845. Based upon a recent GitHub survey the top five most popular programming languages are Python, Java, Go, JavaScript and C++. In addition to “language and toolset-specific” demand and corresponding salaries there is a widespread demand for “Full Stack” Developers (front-end/back-end) in the Web Development, Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning and Blockchain-Ethereum arenas. This guide focuses on C, Containers (Docker & Kubernetes), Java, GitHub, SQL and front-end Full Stack (including JavaScript, Angular, React, Node.js, HTML, XML) and Mobile (iOS & Android).

There are three critical success factors in our career transformation model. First, Get Certified. Professionals with best in-class skill sets combined with industry-leading certifications advance more rapidly than your peers and typically earn 3%-5% above their colleagues. Second, Get Published. Relevant, succinct and insightful articles on best practices in your technical domain or functional discipline enhance your credibility and integrity. And third, Get Connected. Developing and maintaining a robust professional network - locally and globally - bolsters your career persona and positions you as the “go to” subject matter expert in your field.

Download your free Software Development - Career Transformation Guide. [https://tinyurl.com/yx5rd49c] 

Recommended Reading: “The Interview Prodigy” book series

1 - AI Software Engineer: ChatGPT, Bard & Beyond (Audible) (Kindle) 

2 - JavaScript Full Stack Developer: Capture the Job Offer and Advance Your Career (Audible) (Kindle)

3 -  The Upskill Gambit - Discover the 5 Keys to Your Career and Income Security in the Digital Age  (Audible) (Kindle)

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team) 

“JavaScript Full Stack Developer — Capture the Job Offer and Advance Your Career” (audio & ebook)

Dev colleagues, the new “JavaScript Full Stack Developer”  book will equip you to capture your ideal job offer and advance your career growth. Whether you are new to JavaScript script or are already a developer considering pursuing a career in JavaScript in the long term, this book will expose you to every opportunity available for you as a JavaScript developer. You will also benefit from the simplified tips on how to land your next job as a JavaScript programmer. But, more importantly, the thoroughly laid out guidelines here will help you make smarter IT career decisions and go beyond just hoping to achieve your dreams of a successful career as a developer. As a JavaScript Developer, you must be proficient in JavaScript and other JavaScript frameworks such as Ember, Angular JS, or React.js. Others include libraries like jQuery and Backbone.js. It is also recommended that you know CSS and HTML. In addition, every Developer needs to understand how to use version control tools Git enterprise and Git. You must also know how to work with languages specific to the web, such as PHP, ASP, Ruby, and Python.

Access & listen on Amazon Audible: https://tinyurl.com/2cvnm7pd

Download & read from Amazon Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/yk93u6fw

Consider the “Interview Prodigy” book series: https://tinyurl.com/yckvfh67

1 - AI Software Engineer: ChatGPT, Bard & Beyond (Audible) (Kindle) 

2 - JavaScript Full Stack Developer: Capture the Job Offer and Advance Your Career (Audible) (Kindle)

Much success … order today, Genesys Digital (Amazon Author Page) https://tinyurl.com/hh7bf4m9

Test-Driven Development for JavaScript (training)

Dev colleagues, the Test-Driven Development for JavaScript will equip you write high-quality JavaScript and testing it thoroughly is much harder. Test-Driven Development for JavaScript uses Jest for defining and running JavaScript and TypeScript tests. It also covers how to use Jest to test many popular types of JavaScript solutions, including Node.js applications on the server and React and Angular solutions at the client. Learn to set up a testing environment for JavaScript and TypeScript, organize tests into suites, write effective tests for the user interface and for server-side code, apply mocking techniques effectively, test React and Angular applications. Skill-based training modules include: 1) Getting Started with JavaScript Testing, 2) Using Jest Matchers Effectively, 3) Writing Effective Tests, 4) Testing Asynchronous Operations, 5) Mocking Techniques, 6) Effective Test-Driven Development (TDD), 7) Testing the User Interface, 8) Getting Started with Testing React Applications, 9) Going Further with Testing React Applications, 10) Getting Started with Testing Angular Applications, and 11) Going Further with Testing Angular Applications.

Enroll today (teams & execs are welcome): https://tinyurl.com/5n7cv9wh 

Download your free Software Development - Career Transformation Guide. 

The Interview Prodigy book series:

1 - JavaScript Full Stack Developer: Capture the Job Offer and Advance Your Career (Audible) (Kindle)

2 - AI Software Engineer: ChatGPT, Bard & Beyond (Audible) (Kindle) 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team)  

Open Source Virtualization - training (LFS462)

OSS colleagues, the Open Source Virtualization (LFS462) training program provides a deep dive into KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Xen, the most popular hypervisor virtualization technologies in the open source ecosystem, as well as the deployment and use of containers. Built by experts in the field of virtualization, this course provides the technical background to understand the components required to build and administer a modern virtual IT infrastructure. Skill-based training modules include: 1) Virtualization Overview, 2) KVM Quick-Start, 3) KVM Architecture and Relationship with Linux, 4) Running KVM Using QEMU, 5) libvirt, 6) Hardware Support, 7) Tuning for Performance, 8) KVM Security, 9) Xen Hypervisor Architecture, 10) Installing and Configuring Xen, 11) Administration of Xen domains, 12) Xen Performance and Tuning, 13) Xen Security, and 14) Working with Linux Containers.

Enroll today (teams & execs are welcome): https://tinyurl.com/2h72392b 

Download your free Virtualization, Containers & Networking - Career Transformation Guide. 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team)  

Become a Full Stack JavaScript Developer

Dev colleagues, become a Full Stack JavaScript Developer and advance your career. There are quite a few technologies involved to build the backend of an application that’s enterprise ready - go through working with Node.js and the core modules available, writing TypeScript for developer error reduction, testing with Jasmine to introduce unit testing in a Test Driven Development environment, and working with Express as a framework for building APIs (Project: Image Processing API); Creating an API with PostgreSQL and Express This course covers the primary skills required for API development. Students will build a RESTful JSON API with Node and Postgres. Along the way, you will cover essential topics like databases and querying, API architecture, database migrations, REST, CRUD (Project: Build a Storefront Backend); Angular Fundamentals - In Angular Fundamentals, students will learn the most important and foundational skills for building Single Page Applications (SPAs); 4) Deployment Process - Being able to deploy your own application is a skill that is often overlooked by developers, thus making it a rare and valuable skill to have! By building an automated pipeline and scripts students will gain insights into the world of automated deployments that has been revolutionizing how fast companies are able to deliver features to their customers. Backend Development with Node.js.  

Enroll today (teams & execs are welcome): https://tinyurl.com/4pdc2tzt 

Download your free Software Development - Career Transformation Guide. 

The Interview Prodigy book series:

1 - JavaScript Full Stack Developer: Capture the Job Offer and Advance Your Career (Audible) (Kindle)

2 - AI Software Engineer: ChatGPT, Bard & Beyond (Audible) (Kindle) 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team)  

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Professional)

Colleagues, become an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Professional) and advance your career and income potential. SDLC Automation; Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code; Monitoring, Logging; Policies, Standards Automation; Incident, Event Response, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, and Disaster Recovery. The material focuses on teaching the concepts necessary to pass the exam and be competent as a DevOps practitioner on AWS. Learn to perform DevOps tasks on AWS, use SDLC automation to solve DevOps problems on AWS, perform Monitoring tasks on the AWS platform, use IaC (Infrastructure as Code) to deploy new environments, and optimize your score on the AWS DevOps Certification exam for the best outcome

Enroll today (teams & execs are welcome): https://tinyurl.com/k8kk5aus 

Download your free complimentary Cloud Computing  - Career Transformation Guide. 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (share with your team)