Category: Genesis of an IT Pro

• Your Certification Journey Starts with a Single Step!

  Sunday morning I woke up to find a foot of snow in my driveway; time to break out the shovel! I dressed up warm (the thermometer read -9C / 19F), grabbed my shovel, and opened the garage door… and was flummoxed. Where should I start? There was a wall of snow all along both sides […]

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  Mitch Garvis

  July 22, 2011

  Article, CertGuard, Certification Exams, Certifications, Chris Childerhose, driveway, Genesis of an IT Pro, snow

• Certifications versus Degrees

  As I peruse the articles I have written over the years that were not originally written for my blog (or, as is the case here, that was originally on my old blog, was republished elsewhere, and did not get transitioned over to the new site after the moves) I am finding a number of articles […]

  Mitch Garvis

  July 21, 2011

  CertGuard, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Classroom, Genesis of an IT Pro

• MCITP: Server Boot Camp, Virginia Beach

  It was REALLY last minute… on Friday I got a mass e-mail from a training provider scrambling to replace a trainer who had cancelled at the last minute.  By some miracle of scheduling I was available; after a few hours of back and forth e-mails I booked my flight for Sunday to be at the […]

  Mitch Garvis

  July 20, 2011

  Article, Blog, Boot Camp, Bootcamp, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Classroom, Exams, Genesis of an IT Pro, Industry, IT Pro, MCITP, MCITP: Server Administrator, MCP, MCT, MCTS, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Windows, SWMI Consulting Group, Trainer, Virginia Beach, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Choose Your First Certification Exam Wisely

  As I peruse the articles that I have written over the past ten years I occasionally come across one that is interesting or relevant today.  I wrote this article when I was working with CertGuard, and it was published in November, 2006.  If you are an IT Pro starting down the path to certifications, this […]

  Mitch Garvis

  July 18, 2011

  Article, CertGuard, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Exams, Genesis of an IT Pro, IT Pro, MCP, MCT, Microsoft, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Windows

• The Genesis of my Career as an IT Consultant and Trainer

  I can’t believe it has been eight years… I wrote this article for TechRepublic while I was still working for IGS Security in Montreal.  These articles are the genesis of my career as a computer consultant and IT Trainer and Presenter.  The first article tells of how and why I began to transition from a […]

  Mitch Garvis

  July 13, 2011

  Article, Blog, CanITPro, Certs, Classroom, Community, Consulting, Genesis of an IT Pro, IT Pro, Volunteering