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Career Advice for Network Engineers

 Information is power. Thus, organizations must manage their data well to remain trustworthy and competitive. Organizations must build and access networks that make them share information efficiently. They need network engineers to make this dream possible. Network engineers enable day-to-day communication between people, organizations, agencies, and governments. Consequently, they must master their skills to perform well, lest they wreak havoc in a world that highly depends on them. Demand for Network Engineers The world is increasingly digitized, and there is a crucial need for better communication within and outside organizations and communities. This phenomenon has created a massive demand for network engineers. Unfortunately, the number of network engineers available is far less than the market demand. The gap between the demand and supply of network engineers continues to grow daily. Therefore, if you are a diploma in Network Enterprise Engineering student, know that the worl...

Flow Theory

   Flow is a mental condition that occurs when a person engaged in an activity becomes fully absorbed in that activity. Usually, people decide where they want to focus their attention. However, they engage in activities unconsciously when they are in a flow. They become fully absorbed in the activities unconsciously. They become unaware of everything around them except for the action that has engaged them. They do not see or hear people around them; time passes without them noticing, and they even disregard their physiological needs. A flow state occurs when a person unconsciously invests all his attention in a task. He no longer has any more bits of attention to divert to another activity or occurrence. Conditions for Flow to Occur There are three primary conditions that people and their activities must meet for them to experience flow. 1. An activity must have clear goals and milestones. 2. The performance of the activity must receive immediate feedback. 3. There must ...

Kisumu: A City of Fire, Music, and Enduring Spirit

I was born and raised in Kisumu, that tiny, loud city on the shores of Lake Victoria, where the air hums with the scent of fried fish and the rhythms of Benga music. Ours was a childhood shaped by political fire and cultural pride—a place where opposition politics ran hot in our veins, and where the lake’s breeze carried both the promise of joy and the tension of unrest. A City at the Barricades Kisumu was—and still is—the heartland of Kenyan opposition politics. Growing up here meant knowing the crack of tear gas canisters before you knew multiplication tables. Every year, the "Sabasaba" rallies turned our streets into battlegrounds. Protesters clashed with riot police, who met defiance with a brutality reserved only for our city. We children learned early that the government saw us as renegades, and in time, we wore that label with a strange pride. Marginalization was our teacher. The potholed roads, the underfunded schools, the deliberate neglect—all whispered the same les...