We can all agree: There's absolutely no personal job security now; there's only market or sector security - a company will drop any single member of staff whenever it fits the company's commercial needs. Whereas a sector experiencing fast growth, with huge staffing demands (because of an enormous shortfall of fully trained staff), provides a market for lasting job security.

The computer industry skills deficit throughout the United Kingdom falls in at over twenty six percent, as reported by the most recent e-Skills survey. To explain it in a different way, this shows that the UK can only find three qualified staff for each 4 job positions existing today. Well skilled and commercially accredited new workers are accordingly at an absolute premium, and it looks like they will be for many years to come. It's unlikely if a better time or market settings will exist for getting trained into this hugely increasing and blossoming sector.

You'll come across courses which guarantee examination passes - they always involve paying for the exam fees up-front, at the start of your training. Before you jump at this so-called guarantee, look at the following:

Obviously it's not free - you're still coughing up for it - it's just been included in your package price. People who take each progressive exam, paying for them just before taking them are much more likely to pass. They're aware of what they've paid and so are more inclined to be ready for the task.

Find the best exam deal or offer available when you're ready, and save having to find the money early. You also get more choice of where you do your exams - so you can find somewhere local. A lot of so-called credible training companies make huge amounts of money because they're charging for exam fees early and cashing in if they're not all taken. You should fully understand that re-takes through organisations who offer an 'Exam Guarantee' are tightly controlled. You'll be required to sit pre-tests until you've demonstrated an excellent ability to pass.

On average, exams cost around the 112 pounds mark last year when taken at VUE or Pro-metric centres in the UK. Therefore, why splash out often many hundreds of pounds extra for 'an Exam Guarantee', when it's obvious that the most successful method is a regular, committed, study programme, with an accredited exam preparation system.

'C' is often the most commercially viable 'languages' for the newer computer programmer to begin studying. It's not only extremely disciplined, it is also the basis for a number of other modern programming-languages. Consequently once you've got 'C' under your belt, learning others will be more straightforward. C is the key language for systems. Its one of MS's most supported 'languages' in their 'development' environment 'Visual-Studio', as well as within it's certification programs. The fact that Microsoft promote it so eagerly, and provide a large range of professional accreditation in this language, is even more reason why its beneficial using it as a place to start. As a matter of interest, 'C' started daily life back in the 1960's (it wasn't actually labelled C until the 70's though.) The move into object oriented 'C++' (this means the program is not simply one, 'linear' pattern of events - it can be many objects talking to each other) was completed in the 1980's. As we transitioned into the new millennium, the .'.Net' enabled edition was released. This then came to be referred to as C#, & is the variation we currently use. '.Net' was a huge advancement, as 'Windows' software-writers could now gain access to pre written programs that did a lot of the elementary tasks on their behalf.

Looking around, we find a plethora of professional positions up for grabs in Information Technology. Finding the particular one for yourself is generally problematic. Reading long lists of different and confusing job titles is just a waste of time. Most of us don't even know what the neighbours do for a living - let alone understand the complexities of any specific IT role. The key to answering this predicament appropriately comes from an in-depth chat, covering several areas:

- Your personality can play a starring role - what gets you 'up and running', and what tasks put a frown on your face.

- What time-frame are you looking at for the training process?

- Have you thought about travelling time and locality vs salary?

- With so many different sectors to gain certifications for in computing - it's wise to achieve some key facts on what differentiates them.

- Having a serious look into the effort, commitment and time you can give.

At the end of the day, your only chance of covering these is from a good talk with an advisor or professional who knows the industry well enough to be able to guide you.

Programming then, at it's lowest level, is just instructing a piece of electronics in a certain language how to carry out its job. As you would assume, that dramatically over simplifies the process. You'll probably find up to 100 programs running behind the scenes of your Windows desk-top computer. These are what actually enable you to perform tasks as they sustain the entire system. PC's essentially run on 2 distinct types of software - the operating-system is low level, and the 'applications' run by the operating system are higher level. MS Windows is one of the most well-known operating systems to us all. A whole suite of programs have to interact here to ensure your PC does every little thing you require of it - from controlling your desktop space, to managing your inter-action with it, to hooking you up to the web or to your network etc.

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