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NGT Academy Reviews (Zero To Engineer)

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Terry Kim and Jacob Hess, both Air Force veterans, founded NexGenT – short for Next Generation Training, as evidenced by their schmedium t-shirts above.

Drawing on their decades of experience in network engineering and cybersecurity from working at Cisco Systems, Arista Networks, and Dimension Data, they’ve combined a military-style, job-readiness training philosophy with an immersive program designed to launch careers in cybersecurity or networking faster and more effectively than ever before.

No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative… it gets the people going!

Read on for my NGT Academy review.

Terry claims this is the blueprint to go from zero to drowning in IT job offers.

  • Get your first gig.
  • Secure a promotion.
  • Start making six figures.
  • Earn anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 a month.

Thousands of NGT Academy students have already landed high-paying IT jobs at top Fortune 500 companies like Visa, Samsung, Google, and so many more.

Terry’s voice sounds like a smug old white guy who’s got a walk-in closet full of Dockers and polos.

He explains how, in as little as four months and without a degree, you could be working in various IT fields like network engineering, cybersecurity analysis, cybersecurity engineering, penetration testing, DevOps, or even cloud engineering.

I know Terry ain’t talking to me.

I can barely figure out how to turn off the closed captions on Netflix.

Thing is, though, Terry brought receipts:

  • Terry himself scored a $350k salary back in the day by following this exact formula.
  • Kieron Taylor went from being a college dropout and forklift driver to managing an entire wide area infrastructure team.
  • Carl Scott was a city bike rider scraping by on minimum wage in New York City, but now he’s a cybersecurity consultant and analyst for Accenture.
  • Craig Fowler used to be a plumber dealing with clogged toilets, but today he’s a network operations center engineer.
  • Makiya Jackson, a stay-at-home mom with no income, transformed her life and is now a senior cybersecurity compliance specialist.

Welp. Terry done wrung the cynicism out of me and tossed me in the sink.

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Terry’s about to save you $40,000 with one simple piece of advice.

Here it is:

If you wanna work in tech, skip college.

Colleges are more like businesses today, doing whatever it takes to line their pockets.

Even the cheapest degree will set you back $40k and four years of your life – for a piece of paper that doesn’t even guarantee you a job, Terry rants.

On top of that suck salad, add the croutons of no refunds, a 50% dropout rate, and 80% of graduates working in fields completely unrelated to their degree.

Alright, Ter Bear, we get it.

College is basically a four-year blur of binge drinking and making 2 a.m. decisions you’ll spend the rest of your life regretting.

But here’s the silver lining: tech companies are catching on.

More and more, they’re dropping degree requirements altogether. Tesla, IBM, Apple – they don’t care if you’ve got a diploma or not.

What you really need are the right skills and experience, and that’s exactly where NGT Academy comes in.

  • Military-grade training: Master IT in just four months, not four years.
  • Guaranteed job placement: Their unique recruiting process ensures you get hired.
  • Ongoing mentoring and support: Helps you land promotions and hit $10,000+ per month.
  • Business guidance: Learn how to start your own tech business and potentially earn over $500,000 per year.

What about cost?

Basic Training’s $997, but Network Engineering and Cybersecurity courses jump all the way up to $12,500.

They offer an Income Share Agreement (ISA), where you repay tuition by contributing 10% of your salary once you’re hired.

Military veterans can get full scholarships if they commit to working for two years with an NGT Academy partner company.

Hmm.

I still don’t think Tim Cook’s gonna pay me six figures to stop phishing scams and configure firewalls when Hot Topic fired me for folding Green Day tees the wrong way.

Katie Smith: Slip into your give-up pants, crack open a White Claw, and plop yourself down on the couch. We need to talk about the absolute dumpster fire that is the online course and coaching industry.