Michael Narehood

Michael earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences and Technology from The Pennsylvania State University. As a freshman work-study help desk technician, he spent 20–40 hours a week supporting Penn State systems — account resets, deployments, and the unglamorous tickets that teach you how people actually use technology.

From sophomore through senior year he interned with the lead technology instructor at Penn State DuBois. That role opened the door to real lab and production tooling: project work, help desk support for students and staff, classroom and lab maintenance, and deep exposure to Linux, macOS, Windows, VMware, Citrix, SANs, networking, and backup platforms. The hours stacked up quickly — thousands before graduation — and the habit of learning by building never really stopped.

Today that mix shows up in client work and in these articles: running and tuning XCP-ng environments, using agentic coding tools to move faster without cutting corners, staying current on security practices, and keeping up with what actually matters in the latest tech — then documenting the parts that usually get left out of vendor blogs.