Category: Career

• My Next (and Previous) Challenge

  I was in Montreal last week-end, and a friend of mine (Rick is a faithful reader of my blog) asked me why I have been so quiet recently.  I want to apologize to you all for being a bit cagey about what was going on… and to the myriad friends on Facebook who expressed concern…

  Mitch Garvis

  February 2, 2015

  Career, Consulting

• The 1%…

  Last year when people were occupying anything they could pitch a tent near we started hearing a lot about the 1%… the ones who control all of the wealth, the ones everyone else was supposed to be supported by.  I did some quick calculations after checking my banks account and credit card statements and realized…

  Mitch Garvis

  February 13, 2013

  Article, Career, LinkedIn

  Facebook, LinkedIn, Online Communities, Social Media, Social network, Twitter

• My Certification History, and the Importance of Multi-Vendor Certifications

  In 2001 I had an intern working for me at IGS Security whose name I cannot recall, but she was a student at LaSalle College, and was working toward earning her Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification. She and I did not get along very well, and she left early with a bad attitude… although…

  Mitch Garvis

  April 7, 2012

  Career, Certifications, Certs, Microsoft Learning, VMware

  Certification, Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista