Looking to get into IT?
Here are some great reads, sources, and Youtube channels to follow if you are looking to get into IT or improve your career in IT.
Must Read IT Books
- CompTIA A+ Exam Cram (Pearson)
- CompTIA Network+ Exam Cram (Pearson)
- CompTIA Security+ Study Guide (Sybex)
- CompTIA Linux+ All-In-One Exam Guide (Mc Graw Hill
- Beginner's Introduction To Privacy (Naomi Brockwell)
- Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons (Carey Parker)
- Extreme Privacy: What It Takes To Disappear (Michael Bazzell)
- OSINT Techniques: Resources For Uncovering Online Information (Michael Bazzell and Jason Edison)
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Improve your interpersonal communication with these
- Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion
(George J. Thompson Ph.D & Jerry B. Jenkins)
- Louder Than Words: Take your career from average to exceptional with the hidden power of nonverbal intelligence (Joe Navarro & Marvin Karlins Ph.D)
- What Every Body Is Saying
(Joe Navarro & Marvin Karlins Ph.D)​​
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Other Sources of Learning
- LinkedIn Learning
- ITPro TV
- TryHackMe
- Jamf
- Learning Tree International
- SkillSoft
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Youtube Channels
- TechLinked
- Jack Rhysider
- David Bombal​
- NetworkChuck
- Professor Messer
​​- John Hammond
​- Seytonic
​- Surveillance Report
- NBTV
- Techlore
​- All Things Secured​
- Kevtech IT Support​​​​​
​- Marcus Hutchins
- The Linux Experiment
- 3mdeb
- Cyberkraft
- IFixIT
​- Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
- Black Hills Information Security
- Chrome for developers
​- Jamf training support
- The PC Security Channel
​​- Linus Tech Tips
- Marques Brownlee
​- Hak5​
​- Louis Rossmann
- IT Career Questions​
- IT Security Labs​
​- Mental Outlaw
- The Helpful Hacker
- Liron Segev
- Ken Harris
What is in my IT bag
What is in my pen test bag (demonstrative only)
- Moody Tools strip screw extractor kit
- iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
- XPOWER Electric Duster
- 2x 128 gb USB
- 4x 32 gb USB
- 2x StarTech M.2 NVME enclosure
- 2x StarTech 2.5 SATA enclosure
- USB to Type-C converter
- Elegiant wire tracker and network cable tester
- Network tool kits professional - Network cable maintenance kit
- Allen key set
- 2x battery packs
- 2x of HDMI to HDMI cables
- 2x of DP to DP cables
- 2x of type c to type c display cables
- Soldering Iron Kit
& way more
- Hak5 Wifi Pineapple Mark VII
- Hak5 O.MK7AC Wifi Adapter
- Hak5 USB Rubber ducky
- Hak5 Bash Bunny
- Hak5 Shark Jack
- Hak5 Plunder Bug LAN Tap
- Hak5 Screen Crab
- Hak5 Key Croc
- Hak5 LAN Turtle
- Hak5 Packet Squirrel Marc II
- O.MG Cable (c to c)
- O.MG Programmer
- USB Data Blocker
- Flipper Zero
- 72 GB Digital Voice Recorder
- 64 GB Digital Voice Recorder Pen
& some more