Today, Ken's guest this week is Terry Kim.

How to get into Tech without a college degree

Comfort Peace and Freedom Podcast

I'm Ken Rusk, and during each episode, I speak with a world-class personality about what made them successful and about their experiences with my three favorite words: Comfort, Peace, and Freedom!

Terry Kim, Veteran of the US Air Force and first generation Korean American. He has been in the field of IT for more than two decades after dropping out highschool. After his military service he rose through the ranks of prominent tech giants such as Cisco Systems and Arista Networks.

Terry is the cofounder of NGT Academy and has revolutionized IT learning now he's added author to his resume with his book "Zero to Engineer: A Story of the American Dream - How to Land your Dream IT job without a College Degree, Obtain Financial Freedom and Work on the Latest Technologies."

Ken and Terry will discuss this book and people can get insider knowledge and tips to fast track their tech career

To learn more about Terry and buy his book follow the links below:

https://ngt.academy/

https://a.co/d/aAVzR8T

Chapters:

01:12 - Intro

2:02 - How Terry’s career began

8:12 - Career Path

13:04 - College stats

15:22 - Ad break

16:57 - NGT Academy

23:28 - College isn’t prepping kids properly

25:44 -Proud of NGT Academy

27:00 - Why Terry wrote his book

28:12 - Message to parents

29:57 - How Terry wrote his book

31:33 - Ken’s course

32:58 - How to get involved with NGT Academy

35:52 - You can Learn by Doing

41:20 - The Comfort, Peace and Freedom Question

44:04 - How to get the book!

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