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How I Turned My Old Macbook Pro Into a Virtualization Environment

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I remember when MacBook's first started rising in popularity. The University of North Carolina provided all students with a Lenovo Thinkpad as part of admission (this had to be super convenient from a technical perspective). Once the iPhone took off, Apple device integration as well as a slick design pushed more people to Macbook's around 2009. As a result, there are still many of the 2009-2012 Macbook Pro's in circulation (albeit probably barely hanging on). If you still have one, you can easily and rather cheaply upgrade it and get it back to a usable state. Unfortunately, newer MacBook's aren't easily upgradeable. To provide a bit of background on my MacBook Pro, it is a Mid 2010 model running OS X El Capitan with 4 GB of Random Access Memory (RAM). My battery would not hold a charge, and everything was slow. Doing basic tasks such as browsing the internet was a challenge in itself. As a result, it was tucked somewhere in a powered off state for months. Then I st
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Using Kali Linux & Python

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I was in a webinar that provided great information for people transitioning into Information Technology. One of the things that stood out to me was the suggestion to write a blog. For one, it's a great way to keep up with your projects, and it also shows a commitment to your craft. As someone who enjoys writing it made perfect sense for me to create a blog chronicling my tech journey. I'm not 100% sure of how technical vs non-technical I plan on making my blog posts and it may very well just depend on the subject matter.  My first project after deciding to start a tech blog was learning python and ethical hacking from scratch via Udemy course by Zaid Sabih . The main take away from this course is not that you'll be a super hacker or programmer by the end of it, but it will greatly improve your skill and knowledge level, and give you experience using virtual machines, Kali Linux, and command line tools. The course outline highlights areas from the Security+ exam that you'
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Why I Decided to Change Career Paths

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It really is extremely difficult to leave one's first love. I had never experienced that feeling and the contradicting range of emotions that come with it until recently. Sports were my first love and I've spent majority of my life pursuing excellence in it. Whether it was my parents taking me to the store in 1st grade to collect trading cards and getting the stick of hard gum that lost its flavor after three chews, which evolved into me being a multi-sport athlete by age 8. Fast forwarding some, it led to me being a two-sport star in High School that had a selection of the finest universities in the nation to choose from to continue my dream. This gave way to academic and research achievements in the field, which allowed me to pursue athletics as a professional pathway and help numerous kids and adults follow their passion as well. It has been an amazing journey, one that I am very proud of; full of accolades, precious memories, meeting lifelong friends, and carving out relati
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