How a grocery store worker become the owner of a cybersecurity academy

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Sharing your time, resources, and expertise with others is beneficial to both parties, and this topic is front and center in the latest Nerd Journey podcast, which follows the career of a grocery store deli attendant who now runs his own cybersecurity academy. Not familiar with the podcast? Community member NetworkNerd has been sharing episodes for more than three years. That's dedication. [Listen Up]( [So many choices, so little time]( Chances are your to-do list is endless, but you've found a way to manage it. There are so many different tools, apps, or methods out there to get things done that just finding the right system can become a project. Community member Garnock12 is looking for a great to-do list app or program and needs some recommendations. Todoist has already been suggested, but surely there are more. 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