Beyoncé asked for a 30-foot wide camera to fulfill her vision, and the production team quickly said it doesn't exist.
She told them she just Google'd & saw it does... *silence*
People really don't realize that a lot of students with scholarships basically getting PAID to go to school. When classmates told me they have $15K - $20K refunds every semester (NOT LOANS) - I realized I was hustling backwards. Junior year I applied to 5 scholarships, got 3...
Cassie didn't just sue Diddy, she sued him and every corporation he owned and served as an Officer or Director. So she tapped into Commercial AND Officer/Director Liability. Which are usually over $1M EACH and Diddy can't say refuse to settle... it's on the insurance to decide.
Yall, I went to the doctor for at 12PM appointment. Checked in at 11:58AM. Was called back at 12:01PM got to the room at 12:05PM. The DOCTOR WAS WAITING ON ME IN THE ROOM. They ran through my issues, did the exam, kiki'd a bit, and I was headed to the pharmacy at 12:15PM.
If you're in the Airbnb hosting business, Atlanta is canceling the ability to own more than 2! One has to be your primary residence AND you have to be an Atlanta resident. +$150 permits & 8% tax rental fee.
Whew. This will cancel 4K/7.5K rentals 🥴
If you're looking to pivot into entry-level tech roles, IBM has 6 FREE trainings with badges or certs you can earn. All in Cybersecurity, Data, Project Management & Customer Success 🧵
California passed a law requiring employers based in or hiring in Cali to post salary ranges on all job listings. It also requires companies with more than 100 employees to show their median gender and racial pay gaps — a first for a US state.
One thing Deloitte don't play about is social media. Sis account has been private ever since this video dropped. Probably didn't run it by the risk team before posting.
My friends company released raises/bonuses last week. She said she isn't even meeting inflation at this point. They said that's not a factor in increases.
She walked in and quit this morning. They asked, "So no 2 weeks?", she said I didn't factor that into my new start date 😂
Google is hiring globally for their 2-year Tech Sales program! It's for entry level candidates interested in talking about tech, Project Management or Data Analytics. 🧵
So Meta now has Career Certificates like Google! And like they are FREE to take the course and $50 for the certificate! Scholarships are launching soon too!
There's a nice list of programs and once you complete them you get access to 200+ employers hiring people with the cert!
Reminder that NYC pay transparency law goes into effect on Nov 1. This means companies must share the salary for all job openings, including internal transfers and promotions.
Tech Apprenticeships are opening everywhere! They are opportunities to pivot to a tech career whether you have a degree or not🚀
Apprenticeships pay YOU to learn the skills while you work and gain mentorship from others🥳
Here are some paying upwards of $3-6K per month.🧵
Then I was like wow.. so people really don't apply because they think they won't get it when in reality the fund is sitting there FULL because nobody is applying or it goes straight to those who actually applied.
Google, Pinterest, Deloitte, Accenture, IBM & others have roles in Data Analytics, AI, Data Engineering, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Cloud, UX, Product Management, Product Design, Project Management, Digital Marketing, Software & Systems Engineering.
#jobsearch
#Job
#TechisHiring
Here's a few FREE courses and resources that you can use to become a Product Manager. This study plan is focused on creating a portfolio, building and retaining the skills needed to land a PM job🧵
Here's a thread of 30+ FREE Courses. From AWS Exam Prep, SQL, Cloud, Machine Learning, Analytics, Data Governance and Security courses.
Cloud based roles are the future of work, build your own learning roadmap and start today!🧵
@Google
Data Analytics Apprentices join a team, train in SQL, Tableau, Sheets and the data lifecycle. You’ll be assigned to a team, manager & receive career readiness support.
⌛20 month apprenticeship
💰Avg Pay $60K
🥳Remote Eligible
🗓Apply by May 16
📝
I see why people get these AMEX cards... in one vacation I been to two lounges ($100), complimentary check bags & seat upgrades ($320), Global Entry ($100), and had access to restaurants that had no reservations for 2 weeks until I said what about for an AMEX Reserve customers...
Google just launched a Cybersecurity career certificate!! 🎉 These have been launched to meet the market demand for Cybersecurity, Security, SOC, Information security & Cyber defense analyst roles pay $100K+ on avg and over 213K job openings 🧵
One organization even sent me the check and I was like... what?? $7,500 just from writing an essay?
All in all - I lived good after junior year and wish I pushed for it sooner. I stayed in financial aid and they told me about all the scholarships that usually had funds leftover.
Here are 240+ FREE virtual internships you can take to get experience in tech. You'll learn and add projects to your portfolio - from design, development, engineering, product & project management, data analytics, tech sales, strategy, and consulting.
These apprenticeship programs pay YOU starting day ONE to learn tech skills on the job, complete assigned training, be mentored and coached while working full-time with benefits🚀
These 6+ Tech Apprenticeships are opening or closing very soon. They pay $63K to $111K+ a year 🎉 No degree required. Make sure your resume, portfolio and/or LinkedIn is ready to go!! 🧵
10 FREE tech programs and bootcamps that will help you land roles in Data, Software or Web Development, Cloud, Project Management, Tech Sales, No-Code software and more!
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Cisco has a PAID Technical Consulting Engineer, Apprenticeship 🎉 NO EXPERIENCE or DEGREEs are required, you'll work with Cisco to obtain your certifications and then work remote or in-person 🔥
If you want to see how tailored your job is for a specific industry (Finance, Health, Tech) or domain (Cyber, Data, Cloud, etc) go to ChatGPT.
Copy/paste your resume titles and bullets from your experience section.
Ask it to share roles you are qualified for based on the resume
His exposure is now so high that the risk of having him at those companies will increase their rates exorbitantly and/or decrease their insurability overall. So the board may then make the executive decision to let him go.
A person who worked for LinkedIn came out & said that there is a large number of fake jobs on the platform being used to drive traffic to their website to show their stakeholders and investors metrics supporting viability and interest. Also vet the companies hard if you dk them.
Has anyone actually landed a job from LinkedIn in the past 3 or 4 years? I am seriously starting to think these postings are borderline a scam anymore.
Yall think the home depot homes are a good deal until you find out Atlanta has entire communities built from shipping containers that cost $10K-$50K... homes are selling for $320,000 to $475,000
While this may impact those who run a business, the supply of housing in ATL is a problem for residents who have to move outside of Atlanta just to afford to live.
The IRS is hosting a major hiring initiative - for Tech/Non-Tech roles.
They have several hiring events & info sessions. One starts today.
They have Direct Hire opportunities - Which means there's a severe shortage of candidates and you may/may not have to interview.
If you're looking to pivot into tech, here's a thread of 8 FREE Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Java and Tech Support bootcamp opportunities offered by
@PerScholas
- deadlines coming up.
University of Cincinnati has over 11 FREE certifications and training programs 🎉 to help people earn tech certification and skills in these 4-week bootcamps! DevOps, Network+, Security+, Azure, Excel, Adobe and CAPM (Project Management)🧵
This is a GREAT thread on how a fake visually clean resume with metrics landed roles at top companies and with bullet points that include doing drugs in the bathroom.
@DeloitteUS
Data Analytics Apprentices perform development, maintenance & operations of a suite of advanced analytical, econometric, and AI models & business intelligence tools using Python, SQL
⌛3 months
💰Avg Pay up to $91K
🥳Remote
🗓Apply by May 22
📝
Here's a few resources for learning Salesforce for FREE. These trainings teach you about the Salesforce products, the careers, and gives you projects to build your portfolio by doing day in the life style trainings. 🧵
Several orgs have tech and non-tech fellowships available and many pay an additional monthly stipend for living and health expenses 🎉 Here are 22 roles paying salaries upwards of $175K🧵
I used to hate going to the doctor because you really never know how long it'll take, but I've never had someone prepared to go as soon as I walk in. Reading my comments on the appointment and pointing out different options for managing my health by the time I put my bag down.
Don't forget Oracle is offering 2 FREE Cloud Certifications! You'll get free training, practice exams and vouchers!
🎉 There's a cert for everyone Cybersecurity, AI/ML, Cloud Architecture, DevOps, Infrastructure/Engineering, Analytics and Operations!
If you need help crafting a resume, updating or tweaking your resume - rezi. ai is currently running a Lifetime FREE access code!
Code: hirednow
It inlcudes job matching, resume and cover letter targetting and more!
Newbies making these TikTok's without reading company policies and not understanding why they get that email from the following week for "a quick sync"
If you live in NY, you shouldn't be paying for Coursera - it's free for residents. The state received $12M to train and upskill and ourselves is the platform.
For anyone looking to become a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer or Data Engineer, you can get a FREE 1 year DataCamp license through
@FBFlamesFound
🎊🎊🥳
You can learn & earn program certificates in Power BI, Python, R, SQL & more🎉
If you know anybody who can't afford therapy, please tell them about Open Path Collective-- between $30 and $60 per session, no healthcare required.
I found my first therapist through this platform and in a lot of ways, it saved my life.
Certifications are not Certificates.
When you complete a course, you may get a certificate. This is proof of education. When you take/pass an exam, typically proctored, you earn a certification. This is evidence of meeting industry standards for a domain. (Cyber, Cloud, etc.) 🧵
Bristol Community College is offering an amazing opportunity to attend a FREE 16-week Cybersecurity Program with a PAID internship!
📚Earn 21 College credits
🎓Certificates in Cybersecurity
📆Classes are 1/18-5/10
💰Internship is April & May
💻Tutors
Everything is REMOTE!
There's a company willing to train you for 3 months as a Cloud Engineer, sponsor people for a HIGH-level security clearance, straight out of college and pay upwards of mid-$100Ks.
But it's on-site, in Alabama.
Cost of living is so low you could live very well... but not remote.
Other conferences to attend:
BEYA
Blacks in Technology
Black is Tech
Black Men in Tech
Black Women in Data
Black Tech Week
NSBE
NBMBAA (not all Tech/MBA but popping!)
RenderATL
AWS
ServiceNow
CES (All-time fav - every company is there, and the demos, hackathons, events are A1)
Uber is launching a 6-month Data Science Apprenticeship Program 🥳You'll have hands-on training while you work on real problems. 👥️️ Chat w. Uber ➡️
📆Classroom Training
📚Job Training
💰Fully Paid w. Benefits
🎓Mentors
Apply ➡️
TikTok and Twitter accounts celebrating receiving $20K in student loan forgiveness but told yall they went from $50K to $150K with no experience last month...
Yall saying she cap, but this happens all the time. Last year, a Black woman earned a $28M contract doing Cybersecurity for the government. Minority and women owned businesses get up to 9% of $650B in contracts.
Arizona State has a $8M upskilling and reskilling grant and has several FREE 5-10 week programs in ServiceNow, Data and AI, Governance, Business Analysis, Cybersecurity, Analytics, Salesforce, Anaplan, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Engineering & Robotics.
Careers paying $100K+
AWS opened the grants for AWS INSTITUTE! It's a paid virtual 12-course program to help anyone become a Cloud Developer.
👨🏽💻Self-paced, on-demand & instructor-led courses
🎮 Game-based learning, labs & 2 capstones
🎓 Exam vouchers for TWO certs & access to job opportunities!
If you are a citizen of Nigeria, you can get FREE Microsoft Training and Certifications in Cloud, Cyber, Data Analytics, Data Science and DevOps!
You have until Nov 30 to complete the training and receive your voucher! Apply and start your training soon!
Heres a 🧵 roadmap of courses to learn Data Analytics for free & build a portfolio
Don't aim for the completion cert. Practice every exercise, save it to portfolio, take a moment, write down 5 lessons learned & screenshot of your result or process.
#100DaysOfCode
#DataAnalytics
*Note, these are great opportunities but do your research.
If the salary is not on the job post, I shared averages from Glassdoor or sites on Google (unless I know someone who did the program)
Salaries are increased *typically* after successful completion of apprenticeship too
Remote work has really forced employees who would come over to your desk, interrupt your work with their thought and demand a convo in the moment - getting you out your zone - to be patient and respect your time and I love that.
Splunk just launched a Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst certification and you can take it for FREE right now during BETA!
Its an intermediate, 75 minute exam with no prerequisites. 60 multiple choice questions. Use the Splunk study guide to prep.
So if you've followed Diddy, he's sued companies almost ever few years. The last two was Diageo and Global Brands Group.
One thing you gone learn being around him, was how to file a lawsuit and how he also gets out of lawsuits.
Dataquest is giving away free access all week starting today! That means you can learn and build 20+ projects in Tableau, R, Python, SQL and Excel! Add it to your portfolio and get ready for new opportunities in 2023. 🧵