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Anymore tips for an 18 year old? :lupe:
try SEO(search engine optimization) very little math needed, if any at all
google offers free study material and a free exam that can get you a cert.
becoming AdWords certified will help you land jobs in SEO, digital media,
digital advertising, and you can also do freelance work if you have any
entrepreneurial bones in your body. Also check out this

http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

all this stuff you can learn with very little financial cost, it comes pretty
easy if you are willing to put in the time and use proper study techniques.
 

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try SEO(search engine optimization) very little math needed, if any at all
google offers free study material and a free exam that can get you a cert.
becoming AdWords certified will help you land jobs in SEO, digital media,
digital advertising, and you can also do freelance work if you have any
entrepreneurial bones in your body. Also check out this

http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo

all this stuff you can learn with very little financial cost, it comes pretty
easy if you are willing to put in the time and use proper study techniques.
Preciate it! Do they make good money or will this just be something to get my feet wet?
 

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Preciate it! Do they make good money or will this just be something to get my feet wet?
http://moz.com/blog/seo-salaries-how-much-should-you-make
this info is a couple years old but i doubt there was much fluctuation.
Like with any industry the more you know and the better you are at
relating it to your work, the higher your potential salary can be. Considering
how early you are starting, if you stick with it you could be making good money
before you see 23. Are you going to school?(college, 2 years college, ect.)
 
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Does a Business Management minor and IT degree work well together?

Is it worth the extra semester or two?
 

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Does a Business Management minor and IT degree work well together?

Is it worth the extra semester or two?
not for a minor, check the program requirements :yeshrug:might have enough overlapping credits to double major
 

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Preciate it! Do they make good money or will this just be something to get my feet wet?
You can teach yourself SEO easily if you have a good business acumen already.

:ld:
Having said that... SEO requires an extreme amount of time, especially in the beginning when your trying to build passive income.
 

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about 30 or so pages ago someone brought up that you should find the career you want to get into first and then research how to get into it from there. well i've found this great website for just that:

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Country=United_States/Salary


clutch ass website. sooooo much information :wow:. just enter in the job title, and it just gives you BOATLOADS of info. average salaries, skills employers look for, cities where it is biggest, cities where it is lowest, career paths etc
 

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Recently I acquired a server good enough to simultaneously deploy Exchange 2013 Server and SharePoint in separate VMs. They are both installed on 2012R2 VMs. Any ideas for stress testing and other labs to perform on these servers for experience?
 
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