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Do you want to get more out of your career? I’m talking about more money, personal fulfillment, and job satisfaction.

IT pros like us are usually the smartest guys and gals in the room when it comes to technology, but we could use some guidance on how to advance our careers and plan for the future.

Everyone wants to find a job they love, but most of us don’t know how to get from here to there.

Get by with career help from your friends

More than 300 SpiceHeads shared advice in an epic Spiceworks career thread that started when Jason S asked “What is the best advice you can provide your fellow IT professionals for advancing their IT careers?”

While the hundreds of responses were amazingly helpful and insightful, if you made it through all 300+ career tips, you deserve a prize and your eyeballs deserve a break. More than likely you read the first page, then upon seeing 14 pages of comments, your eyes rolled back and you screamed " TL;DR " at the top of your lungs (or at least you stopped reading).

We understand that your time is valuable, so to make all of this great content accessible, we condensed all of that wisdom into 50 essential career tips that make up the Spiceworks e-Book, Top Career Advice from IT Pros.

In the eBook, you’ll learn how to get a raise, find a job you are passionate about, learn why nice IT guys finish first, find out which certifications are relevant, and even discover what kung-fu masters have to do with IT.

Because the eBook was created by IT pros, for IT pros, you’ll find advice custom built for you.

What did you think of the career tips from your peers? Did you find any valuable pieces of wisdom in the eBook? Do you want to dish out more advice for SpiceHeads?

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upvoted, and I’m trying to rally my buddies on Reddit to upvote too :slight_smile:

Also, great tip! I think your advice on how to get a raise will be very popular.

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This is a great thing to have, wealth of information and I hope to learn a lot

Thank You

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Such a truly awesome post. I feel so so sooo inspired after reading through these, and given me such a positive attitude =]

Thank you Spiceworks for collecting these all together!

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Very nice, helpful and a great collection of advice specially for IT newcomers. This is sure to guide people for a good career. Thanks for sharing this knowledge spiceworks team.

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It’s our pleasure, glad so many people are enjoying the eBook. Thanks for the comments and for spreading the spice!

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A nice rounded compilation of pro IT tips. THank you so much for putting this together Spiceworkers.

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Yeah, they’re usually looking for more organized and regular offenders, like when they busted QuickMeme.

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I really like the format of the book. Nice bite size chunks.
Thanks!

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Paying it forward, at it’s finest.

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So far so good! Everyone here is very nice and very smart, and I have an awesome view of the mountains from my desk. All the power users in the Webroot community are great - it spans both SMB and consumer so a little more diversity in terms of people’s backgrounds.

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Exactly! - It’s not really a chain or a voting group, so I think I’m OK.

How do you like the new gig?

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Yeah, I was a little worried, but as it is such good content, and I’m really asking other IT Pros to chime in, I don’t think I really have an issue. But thanks for pointing that out.

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I loved reading the advice in the original thread that these came from, and seeing the top 50 is a great refresher to keep learning, be professional, and know when to say when.

Thanks for putting this together!

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I like this a lot! (and not just because I am in it) The community is full of great information and condensing it into other formats is a good way to make it more digestible to both busy Spiceheads and non-community members. I hope to see many more.

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Watch out you don’t run afoul of this :slight_smile:

http://www.reddit.com/wiki/faq#wiki_what_constitutes_vote_cheating_and_vote_manipulation.3F

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Awesome compilation!

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Turned out great. Good advice from everyone involved and thanks for making this Spiceworks crew!

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I’m too old to be raised by my boss, I can look after myself perfectly fine.

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So can everyone do me a favor?

I posted this on Reddit, and it needs some upvotes to make it to the front page, so if you don’t mind…

** Reddit - Dive into anything **

Upvote Please :slight_smile: