Changing the Focus of the Blog

 Changing the Focus of the Blog

I am doing something new on this blog and changing up the way that I am using it. There are some things that didn’t resonate as well for me doing the Information Technology blog focus. The focus of this blog will now be Introductory Computer Networking. This will cover the CCST Networking, Network+ and CCNA topics.  Additionally, I will be doing some Information Technology Concepts as it relates to Introductory Computer Networking.

Some of the things that I am doing for my specialty now includes computer networking. I am interested more in AI, Cloud, and Design for networking and will be incorporating some Juniper certifications in my content on this blog in the future. I do not have the Network+ but will cover it as I have the CCNA and two CCST certifications. The second CCST is the cybersecurity one.

Blogging

The thing that I am good at for content writing is blog posts. I have been blogging since 2022 when I started the aaronwdejong.net blog as a journal blog. Earlier this year, I started doing aaron597.com and this blog aarononit.blogspot.com expanding to the three main blogs that I have. I do have plans to do another newsletter, and you can go to aaronwdejong.net and sign-up for the newsletter.

My blogs currently are these three and I will be doing different aspects of Computer Networking. The aaronwdejong.net blog will be more about my journey in IT with my ultimate goal of becoming a CTO, CISO or CIO. On the aaron597.com blog, I will be changing up the focus to being more focused on different areas of computer networking. That blog is more about Cloud Networking, Network Security and some more advanced concepts like SD-WAN and VXLANs.

Conclusion

These changes reflect the specialization in computer networking with my focus more on AI, Cloud, and Design. I have recently made a mind map that describes what certifications I am wanting to do for each of these areas and does involve more Juniper, Cisco, and Microsoft certifications among others. The certifications still include the CISSP and the PMI-ACP among the computer networking certifications.

I am still planning on doing the CAPM and will be doing the AB-900 and the JNCIA-Junos certification this year. I have another year and a half before I need to re-certify my CCNA. Working on these specialties has made me more like a CIO in my approach, so that will most likely be a focus going forward out of the CISO, CTO and CIO decision. The networking path that results in a C-Suite role would be more likely to be the CIO instead of a more specialized role as a CISO or more of a technology application development role for a CTO.