ITProTV felt more like a late-night talk show. You see PowerPoint slides and hear a voice. This is different from a lot of other online learning when. You actually see the instructors on camera and they talk to you and each other as though there are students in the room. The ITProTV style has a lot of the studio shots in the course, so you don’t just see a desktop or diagram. These two explain things together well and you actually get the feeling that they genuinely like each other.
By episode 5, I became a big fan of the instructor, Wes Bryan and his sidekick Cherokee Boose. But even the parts that weren’t were pretty well explained. First, a lot of it somewhat familiar from other courses I’ve taken and from my work experience. Once I had a few episodes done, however, I gained some confidence. At first, that felt like climbing a mountain. The course on ITProTV is long – nearly 28 hours. I noticed that ITProTV was CompTIA’s official video partner and so I figured this was a good fit since I intend to take the exam and try to earn this cert.
I breezed through these videos talking about how to use the platform and the optional virtual labs and practice tests. They had “recommended” ITProTV 101 to me. There’s a dashboard when you log in, a welcome video, and then I was free to start picking courses. And anyway, with COVID-19, in-person learning wasn’t even an option after all.) I am not sure how anyone affords in-person learning anymore. (Keep in mind that I had priced out a classroom session for A+ and it was literally more than $3,000 USD, so these prices were much more realistic for me.
For this experiment, I chose a month of premium membership for $49 USD, but I had a coupon code that took it down by 30%, so my actual cost was around $35 USD. Which is to say that their IT learning content is great, but the platform itself is pretty basic. The first thing I noticed about ITProTV was that their videos are the star of the show.
Second, it’s a place to watch full courses to learn technology or perhaps get certified. First, it can be a reliable knowledge base to help with a specific issue or incident. This can serve two purposes for an IT pro. You’ll also need an IT learning platform that you can trust.
This will keep you ‘in the know’ with terminology and new tech. Whether it’s a weekly IT podcast or a newsletter or RSS feed, find a way to stay current with IT news and events.
You’ll need to find a way to incorporate learning into your weekly routine, your quarterly goals and your annual performance review. So if you’re convinced IT is the right career for you, be prepared to keep the learning going long after you earn your first certification, get your job, or even get that promotion.
This is different from other professional fields where you can coast on your skills for five, seven, even nine years and be just fine. This means that if you don’t keep learning and growing, your skillset will be obsolete quickly. The ‘Shelf Life’ of the skills of an IT professional is less than three years. One thing for sure about IT is that it is a career for people who have the desire to keep learning. In this post, we are going to do an honest ITProTV Review 2022, so let’s get started.