{"id":28,"date":"2026-04-22T22:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/?p=28"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:07:45","slug":"a-project-or-experience-that-helped-me-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/a-project-or-experience-that-helped-me-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Project or Experience That Helped Me Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most important parts of my growth has been applying what I learn to real projects and hands-on technical work. Working through technical challenges has helped me understand that success in IT is not only about knowing the right answer, but also about being patient, detail-oriented, and willing to troubleshoot problems step by step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These experiences have also shown me how important communication is. Being able to explain a problem clearly, document findings, and work through a solution in an organized way is a major part of professional success. This is especially true in cybersecurity, where technical findings often need to be understood by different audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This kind of experience has strengthened my confidence and helped me see how my coursework connects to real-world responsibilities. It has also confirmed that I want to continue building a career in cybersecurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important parts of my growth has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trey-boyce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tboyce.soisweb.uwm.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}