Breaking Into IT
Kevin PhanI struggled to break into IT, but I made it. Now, I help others avoid my mistakes and land high-paying tech jobs-faster.
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Part 16: The Worst Advice I Ever Got About IT (And What I Learned Instead)
Let's be honest. Everyone loves advising about how to break into tech.
But not all advice is good advice.
Some of it sounds helpful on the surface. But when do you follow it? You end up frustrated, stuck, and wondering if everyone else kn...
Part 15: What It's Like to Work in Tech (The Stuff No One Puts on LinkedIn)
Spoiler: It's not all dark mode terminals and hacker music. Sometimes, it's crying in a stairwell because someone replied to your Jira comment with "per my last message."
Let's talk about the truth.
Not the "just got certified and landed...
Part 14: The Moment I Finally Felt Like I Belonged in Tech
It wasn't when I passed a cert. It was when someone asked me for help, and didn't immediately hover behind me while I fixed it.
Let's be real for a second. When you're new to IT, every day feels like walking into a haunted house—except ins...
Part 13: The First Time I Got Trusted With Something Big (and Thought I Wasn't Ready)
Let me set the scene.
For one week, I wrestled with a printer that printed everything in Comic Sans. The following week, I was handed a project that mattered.
It started with five simple words:
"Can you own this deployment?"
And my brai...
Need Coffee Money? Here's How I Hustle Between IT Tickets
Hey there,
I work in IT, which means that some days I'm racing to put out digital fires, and other days I'm just waiting for that one user to restart their computer, as I asked... 40 minutes ago.
During those glorious lulls, I discovered...
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Hi, I’m Kevin Phan, a System & Platform Engineer with 15+ years in IT automation, cloud, cybersecurity, and DevOps. I specialize in Kubernetes, VMware, Ansible, and Terraform, helping businesses streamline operations and scale efficiently.
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