How terrifying can #ClimateChange be? What sorts of catastrophes are possible as our climate reaches its tipping points and the planet starts visibly degrading all around us? Let’s look at the Top 10 most terrifying things that we will be seeing soon in the world around us…
Global nightmare: What happens if humanity doesn’t take real action against climate change
This feels like the most important article I have written in my life – #climatechange
The Gigantic Risk of Ocean Acidification
What if I told you that humanity stands on the brink of utterly destroying the world’s oceans? Of destroying all of the coolest ocean species, everything from coral reefs to blue whales? Come learn how this catastrophe will unfold…
Doomsday, shrinking rain forests and us – why we must turn the tide
It is time for humanity to create gigantic global parks to protect Earth’s rainforests and other critical ecosystems – without it the rainforests collapse leading to a global tragedy –
Slap yourself and pay attention: The Doomsday Glacier is a global risk
Is humanity headed for a global food crisis rooted in the war in Ukraine?
Will we ever cure cancer?
The Doomsday scenario in Ukraine, and the larger Doomsday scenario in the wings
The origins of HowStuffWorks on the WebMasters podcast with Aaron Dinon
Had the chance to talk about HowStuffWorks with Aaron Dinon on his WebMasters podcast. It is available at a variety of podcast outlets:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web-masters/id1530077719
The Internet has always been a place to learn about new things. But, in the early days of the Web, one writer took that opportunity for learning to an extreme by creating an entire website devoted to explaining how stuff works. His name is Marshall Brain, and he named his website — quite appropriately — HowStuffWorks.com.
HowStuffWorks became a popular online destination for people to learn about the inner works behind everything from internal combustion engines to water towers. It eventually expanded from the Web into books, magazines, TV shows, and even podcasts. In fact, even now it remains a popular infotainment websites.
On this Web Masters episode, Marshall shares the story of building and growing HowStuffWorks, from writing his first article to leading the company to a successful acquisition.
“Getting a Good Job in America” Part 13 – Cybersecurity
There is an article today that shows one high-paying job category that has a lot of unfilled positions. That category is Cybersecurity and here is the article:
U.S. has almost 500,000 job openings in cybersecurity
From the article:
“There are about 465,000 open positions in cybersecurity nationwide as of May 2021, according to Cyber Seek — a tech job-tracking database from the U.S. Commerce Department — and the trade group CompTIA. The need for more web watchmen spans from private businesses to government agencies, experts say, and most of the job openings are in California, Florida, Texas and Virginia. That means for anyone looking to switch careers and considering a job in cybersecurity, there’s no greater time than now to find work, the job trackers said.”
It is fairly easy to learn to be a truck driver. Cybersecurity requires a little more brainpower, and it is best fitted to people who enjoy technology and computers. But if you are that kind of person, Cybersecurity is probably easier to learn that, say, software development. The article puts it this way:
“You don’t have to be a graduate of MIT to work in cybersecurity,” said Tim Herbert, executive vice president for research at CompTIA. “It just requires someone who has the proper training, proper certification and is certainly committed to the work.” Switching careers to cybersecurity could be as easy as grabbing a Network+ or Security+ certification, said Michelle Moore, who teaches cybersecurity operations at the University of San Diego. An eight-week online course could help someone land an entry-level job as a “pen tester,” a network security engineer or an incident response analyst, Moore said. Those jobs pay between $60,000 to $90,000 a year, she added.
There are many different ways to get the certifications. You could start with a Google search like this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=learn+cybersecurity
If you want to get a taste of what Cybersecurity is about, this 8-hour long (!) YouTube video is a free starting point:
Many other free options like this are available. Or if you prefer to pay for a course, lots of options are available there as well. Either way you will need to pay for the certification tests, and once you have passed you are ready to find a job.
More Jobs Articles
Easy directory of all of Marshall Brain’s Jobs-related blog posts:
- Introduction to “Getting a Good Job in America”
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 2 – How do you gain skills?
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 3 – Newsweek weighs in with 19 jobs
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 4 – Driving a Truck
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 5 – Information Technology (IT) and Cybersecurity jobs
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 6 – Google Career Certificates
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 7 – Becoming an Engineer
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 8 – Making the most of entry-level sales jobs
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 9 – Jobs to Avoid
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 10 – Medical jobs like Nurse Practitioner
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 11 – Electrical Lineworker
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 12 – Software Developer and “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 12.1 – Software Developer
- “Getting a Good Job in America” Part 13 – Cybersecurity