54% percent of Black women report being the only Black individual in the room at work. Likewise, they are the sole individuals who feel excluded, closely watched, and under pressure to perform. Most notably, many of these women feel like their performance reflects on the entire population of Black women. These barriers, among hundreds of others, […]
Every individual that you know, yourself included, that has worked for a large company, companies with more than 500 employees and millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, knows that training to position yourself for success when starting a new job isn’t something that has always been stressed. In fact, until now […]
How I Engineered a $130,000 a Year Career in Tech In my new book due out in the spring of 2016 I talk about my journey from the U.S. Navy to the Information Technology sector on the civilian side. When I say “civilian”, it’s simply military jargon for the world that exists outside of the […]
If you are reading this and you’re unfamiliar with what a project manager does here is a very simple definition: A project manager is a certified professional in the field of project management. Project managers are charged with the responsibility of planning, executing and closing different projects that they are assigned within any organization, typically relating […]
What You Can Glean from Having a Conversation with Several IT Executives in Interviews Over the past four months I’ve been on several interviews for a variety of IT positions. I’ve sat in front of several Directors, Managing Directors, and Chief Information Officers (CIO’s) of some very large companies. While my […]