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EARLEY: My career began in 1987 when I entered the United States Air Force. My training, education, and duties helped me achieve a diverse background spanning hardware, networks, application development, web design, and database architecture. In 1996 I left the Air Force to pursue a career as a software consultant. My primary skills lie in Microsoft technologies such as NT, SQL Server, IIS, Visual Basic, and VC++; however, I did walk on the UNIX side for quite some time. Currently I am a project lead at Washington Mutual in Chicago. You may view my resume by visiting Kevin.Earley.Net/Resume.
EARLEY: I have always had an interest in writing, teaching, and technology. Writing tests or articles for ReviewNet is a great way to make the most of my talents. What's more, it's a great way to sharpen my skills as an interviewer.
EARLEY: As a consultant, I have found that "keeping up" is more of a survival tactic rather than a choice. Moving from company to company and industry to industry forces one to stay on the cutting edge. My methods for staying current are more hands-on rather than reading or attending conferences. I own an extensive collection of hardware, applications, and operating systems that I use to build various environments in which to learn, experiment, and develop. Further I subscribe to various journals, read books, and have a fairly good network of peers through which to discuss and learn about new technologies. It's hard work developing and maintaining a diverse arsenal of technologies from which to architect the best solutions, however each and every one has paid off many times over.
EARLEY: Know a little about a lot. Having a general knowledge of various related technologies such as NT, SQL Server, Exchange Server, IIS, hardware, and networks has been essential in my success as a software designer. I cannot begin to count how many times my knowledge of such systems has made me shine above the rest. Knowing what's involved in installing or configuring NT, Exchange, SQL Server, or IIS has enabled me to ask better questions, plan rollouts, raise concerns or issues about downstream systems, and to "think outside of the box." I believe that this is my most valuable asset.
EARLEY: Initially I had plans to be an electrical engineer, but that all changed in the early eighties when I Mark Bowren. In our neighborhood I had a reputation for being pretty handy with repairing electronics. When Mark's Commodore 64 broke - the power supply blew taking a bridge rectifier with it (a common problem with the 64's) - he came to me for help. Mark and I became friends and he taught me how to program in BASIC and Assembly language. I liked it so much that I changed my career goals and here I am.
EARLEY: ReviewNet takes out the guess work in hiring an IT professional. You can interview a candidate all you want, but that will not provide a realistic look into their ability to apply technical knowledge to real world situations. That's where ReviewNet steps up to the plate and adds value by reducing the risks in hiring or contracting. ReviewNet tests are designed to test the depth of the candidate's knowledge and one can only obtain depth through practical hands-on experience.
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