Where Should You Start Your IT Career? Small, Midsize, or Enterprise

Same title. Totally different job. A network tech at a 50-person company and a network tech at a Fortune 500 can do completely different work for completely different money. The variable most people ignore: company size. Why it matters: Where you start shapes how fast you learn, what you get exposed to, and how high your ceiling goes. Pick wrong for your stage and you either stall out or get thrown in over your head. In this episode: 🔹 Small — You touch everything: networking, servers, print

The CompTIA A+ has been the default first certification in IT for decades. But in 2026 it'll run you over $600 to get certified and I've got some thoughts on whether that still makes sense. In this episode I break down what the A+ actually is, who it's built for, what the exams really cost, and what else that same money could buy you. Then I give you my honest recommendation. ✅ What the A+ is and the jobs it can get you ✅ Who this certification is really built for ✅ The true cost — two exams,

You passed the certification, you're applying, and you're still not getting hired. Here's what's actually happening: the cert gets you the interview it doesn't get you the job. In this video I break down why an IT certification opens the door but doesn't walk you through it, what happens once you're in that interview room, and why I got my first IT role in computer operations even though the posting never asked for a CCNA. If you can't answer the basics DHCP, DNS, TCP the cert on your resume wo

You said you'd start applying once you finished the class. Then it was the cert. Then the second cert. That list never gets shorter and somebody with less on paper than you is getting hired right now. I got my first IT job by applying to anything with the word "computer" in the title. I didn't know what a computer operations role even was. That job started my whole career. In this one: Why waiting for everything to line up means you never start How to read a job description and why companie

The daily tasks from three IT roles I actually worked — help desk, desktop support, and networking — and where AI would've made me faster in each one. Not a video about AI taking your job. A video about AI taking the worst parts of it. The 7 use cases: 1️⃣ Knowledge base search — describe the issue, get the fix 2️⃣ Ticket documentation — write-ups in seconds 3️⃣ Outage emails — drafted and out the door 4️⃣ Script creation — AI writes it, you review it 5️⃣ Error code lookup — no more 10 pages of

Two money habits I wish I locked in earlier in my career — one protects the money you're already making, the other builds your leverage for what's next. A personal story on how fast lifestyle creep can sneak up on you, plus why documenting your wins on the job matters more than most people realize. Full episode, "7 Money Moves to Make When You Get Into IT," linked below. ⸻ 🛒 My Amazon Store: Books + gear to level up in tech: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/shop/debtfreeinitwmike 📬 The Log Files New