If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the “dirty little secrets” listed below may surprise you because we don’t usually talk about them out loud. If you are an IT veteran, you’ve probably encountered most of these issues & have a few of your own to add. Most of these secrets are aimed at network administrators, IT managers & desktop support professionals. This list is not aimed at developers & programmers as they have their own set of dirty little secrets but some of these will apply to them as well.
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