Listicle for IT professionals
Do you like to solve problems, learning new types of languages, working with data and working in a team? If you said yes to all those questions, then you should probably consider a career in computer science. Computer Science is the study of computers and computational systems. The people in that field use programming languages commonly called "code" to write programs for people who need them. This generally include data management, website creation, network management and all kind of software you are using on your computer. To help them, they use various tools depending on their specialty. As such, this listicle will show 3 websites that could be used to help those people in their work.
1. Convert And Calculate Binary.
Computers are not really that intelligent. The only language they know is binary, a language that can only talk with zeros and ones. You could say that a computer can only know two thing, when something is on or off. Nowadays, not everyone need to know how to translate binary since a lot of programs are written to do this task but network administrators still need to learn this skill since IP addresses and other network protocols are still displayed in raw binary. To accelerate their work, they can use a calculator like you would use to solve a math equation. This online calculator can be used to convert decimal numbers into binary and vice versa. It can even convert numbers into other formats like hexadecimal which can be useful for mac addresses.2. Asking For Help.
Even if you are a professional, you may not have all the knowledge necessary to complete a project. In those cases, it's perfectly fine to ask someone if you don't know how a command should be written or if you have a bug in your code. Stack overflow is a wonderful website for developers where they can ask for help or they can answers questions people are asking if they want to do so. The website even have a section for jobs aimed to freelancers, so they can work at home while doing they love the most.
3. Troubleshooting your network.
Troubleshooting a network can be a big bother. Network are usually built to work 24/7 when they are set up and they work flawlessly...most of the time. When a network is down, it can be pretty difficult to know what is the problem and how to fix it. you could use the built-in windows command prompt to diagnostic the status of your intranet but, to check how your internet is doing, you could use a website like DNSgoodies. Not only is it useful for diagnostics, it can also be used to check if your email server is blacklisted, checking your IP, verify if your DNS response time and dispose many more tools.
Conclusion
In conclusion, computer science is a wonderful career with many opportunities. There exist, of course, many other useful websites that could help someone in an IT position, like Reddit and linkedin. Why not comment in the comment section bellow your favorite website?
