{"id":53,"date":"2011-03-14T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/?p=53"},"modified":"2011-03-30T07:38:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:38:32","slug":"why-teach-it-consultants-education-and-lifelong-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/2011\/03\/14\/why-teach-it-consultants-education-and-lifelong-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teach? IT Consultants, Education and Lifelong Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my consulting clients as well as my students often ask me why I teach.\u00a0 I have been teaching\u00a0college-level network security classes in Wichita for two years now and continue to enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n<p>The first reason is what&#8217;s in it for me.\u00a0 Every subject that I teach becomes fresher in my mind and stays current.\u00a0 By teaching a subject, I&#8217;m constantly bombarded with the fact that I don&#8217;t have all the answers.\u00a0 Each time a student asks a question for which I have no answer, I&#8217;m forced to go outside of my comfort zone and find a solution.\u00a0 It has consistently made me a better network engineer.<\/p>\n<p>The second reason is what&#8217;s in it for them.\u00a0 Everyone says that real-world experience is the best way to learn.\u00a0 I try to step outside of the curriculum just enough to make the lesson material relevant, by adding anecdotes from my experience as an <a title=\"IT Support Consultant\" href=\"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\">IT support consultant<\/a> in Wichita.\u00a0 My students learn some of the\u00a0differences in approaches for engineers working for a company and the approach of consulting.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the experience has enriched both me and my students and I expect to continue for the forseeable future.\u00a0 From routing and switching on Cisco equipment to complex installs of Server 2008 and beyond, teaching has been a great learning experience that is not limited to just the students.<\/p>\n<p>If you or your business are looking for Enterprise-level IT support at affordable prices starting at $70\/hour with no minimum service charges, give us a call at (316) 337-5628.\u00a0 Let us show you how to make IT services affordable again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of my consulting clients as well as my students often ask me why I teach.\u00a0 I have been teaching\u00a0college-level network security classes in Wichita for two years now and continue to enjoy the experience. The first reason is what&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/2011\/03\/14\/why-teach-it-consultants-education-and-lifelong-learning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.properwichita.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}