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June 22, 2009

How To Jumpstart Your IT Career

Filed under: Technology — Tags: , — Johnny @ 10:19 pm

We all get stuck in ruts from time to time, and that happens on the job as well.  You’ve thought about doing something different with your information technology career, but just haven’t quite gotten around to it yet.  Sound familiar?

You can make 2006 the best year yet for your IT career.  There are several simple steps you can take to accelerate your career – but you have to take the step, not just think about it!

Learn something new.  One of the biggest reasons you get tired of a job is that you’re doing the same thing every day.  If you happen to love what you do, that’s great, but if not it’s time to break out of the box.  Besides, learning a new skill adds value to your career.  If you’ve been doing server work for a long time, take the time to learn some Cisco skills.  If you’re an Exchange specialist, learn some Linux skills.

Get certified.   Not very many of us get to work for the same company for the rest of our IT careers.  The only job security is the security you give yourself, and one of the ways to get that security is to add professional certifications to your resume. Certifications such as the MCSE and CCNA get you noticed and help you stand out from the crowd.  Ask yourself what your resume would look like if you were laid off today, and then take steps to improve yourself and your professional standing.

Be prepared to take one step backwards in order to take multiple steps forward.  You may be in a situation I was in a while back when my employer saw me as strictly a server guy.  I wanted to get on the Cisco side of things, but there was this perception that I was “only a LAN guy”.  I had to leave that company to get my shot.  There was some short-term financial pain, but in the long run it was the best career move I’ve ever made.

People get typecast in every field.  In his book “Often Wrong, Never In Doubt”, Donny Deutsch writes about a job candidate who wanted to become a junior ad executive, but couldn’t break in with his current employer – which was an ad agency!  He was typecast in a support role, so he applied to other ad firms and was quickly hired.

Sometimes you have to look outside your current situation in order to create a new situation for yourself.  Don’t be afraid to take a step backwards in order to open up new possibilities for yourself.  There’s an amazing career out there, waiting for you – if you have the courage to make it and take it.

September 16, 2008

How to Make The Most Out of Water to Gas

Filed under: Environment, Technology, Transport — Tags: , , — Johnny @ 1:02 pm

Isn’t it good to know that cars can now run with water added to the current conventional fuelling process to help motorists save money on gas.

Now that is has been said and has already been done, there is currently the technology to fuel cars with water and here are some tips how to make the most out of water for gas.

Running cars with water indeed has some very great advantages and it can really save money.

Here are some basic and welcome developments with this technology.

First, it can practically cut gas bills in half every month, resulting to huge savings.

Another advantage is the effect on the environment, since using water to gas greatly reduces, if not eliminates, dangerous and polluting gas emissions released into the air during the fuel combustion process.

Since water is used, which is a stable and natural substance, water by-products make the air cleaner and safer for everyone to breathe, plus, also helps stop global warming.

Gasoline is currently the fuel of choice for cars and other vehicles, however, running it purely on gas causes carbon deposits to build up over time from unburned fuel.

Here’s a simple analogy, gasoline as fuel is like a piece of wood. After using the wood for fuel, the by product are ashes, which is primarily carbon. So is the process with internal fuel combustion in engines, where the end products are unburned gas and carbon emissions.

Not only will one be able to notice a difference in the engine immediately since it runs smoothly, another noticeable change is that the engine stays cooler when water is used for fuel, since water is a natural cooling element.

The water will keep engines from overheating, resulting in fewer engine breakdowns and engine heat stress.

Another benefit to the engine is that using water to gas will make the engine run quieter and reduce knocking sounds caused by internal combustion, thus resulting to less vibration and provide less strain on the transmission process.

In the end, these positive changes to the engine results in fewer operating costs and less repairs.

This is a picture perfect description of what benefits one can reap with using water to gas, however, there could be the worry about the cost of a water fuel conversion kit can have.

With the current fuel saving devices and water for gas kits in the market, this technology has allowed motorists to save on fuel, install the kits in their engines with no negative effects or damage parts of the car, unless it is installed incorrectly or inappropriately.

Most of these water to gas kits can be removed at any time without damaging the car or make any difference, except that it has become a cleaner engine.

So why not try water to gas? In the long run, it’s much cheaper and environmentally-friendly.

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