Some Thinking

Last night, while watching The Conjuring: Last Rites with Denisse I got an inspiration of things that I can do to build my business. I am beginning to form a plan in my mind but it is slow going. I even started thinking about designing curriculum, etc. I will have to design some of my own curriculum because I will be going off script a little bit. My IT training and education business is going to be more than simply getting folks ready for certification exams: it’s going to make them well-rounded in the underlying technologies.

So I need to brainstorm some curriculum and labs for DNS, LAN/WAN networking, setting up web servers with NGINX and Apache, plus more. The idea is to have everyone really ready to enter the workforce, not simply getting them specialty knowledge of a vendor’s product that could become obsolete or even discontinued quickly. Technology is so rapidly advancing that it is almost obsolete by the time that it comes to market.

I am also thinking about teaching some state of the art, not yet generally used technologies to showcase the possibilities of what can be done. I want to attract the kind of student that is not just seeing dollar signs in front of their eyes, but wants a solid foundation in not just how corporate networks work but how the internet itself works. Hence it makes sense to teach protocols.

I usually detest ChatGPT and other AI platforms but they can have a real use for things like outlining and brainstorming when writer’s block hits. Writer’s block usually hits me before I even get started, LOL. So I am slowly learning to see the value of AI in helping get past writer’s block. That much said, I will never trust it for accuracy; simply ideas only. Today’s mission is to start thinking and actively planning curriculum and courses.