IT Infrastructure Career
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@scottalanmiller I agree with your point Sir.
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@thanksaj said:
Once you've got about a year in the field, get your A+.
No, that's a very entry level cert, It's suppose get you your first job and only do that. I got mine in 8th or 9th grade. It's a pointless cert otherwise.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksaj said:
Once you've got about a year in the field, get your A+.
No, that's a very entry level cert, It's suppose get you your first job and only do that. I got mine in 8th or 9th grade. It's a pointless cert otherwise.
Exactly. And it was only ever "supposed" to demonstrate six months of entry level experience in bench (not IT) work. It's not even considered an IT cert. It's a bench cert or "pre-IT." Once you've had your first job, of any length, the value of the A+ in IT is expired. If your goal is bench work, rather than IT, then the A+ is pretty much mandatory, but that is a different thing.
The A+ was so poorly done that it quickly dropped from "six months experience" to "shows you are at a minimum level to intern."
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
It's an essential cert for people getting started. Once you've got about a year in the field, get your A+. Skim a study guide on it and you should pass without issue. It isn't worth a lot, but some places will screen you based on it. It's stupid but it's how it is.
Skip it, you are already past that point in your career. Any job that will look at it will be a career ending position. The time and money you would have to spend to get that is crippling. It's easily twenty times the cost of building a starter lab that will be you much further in your career. It's more expensive than many good certs that would actually help you. Even if you were ready to pass it today, it's not worth the money. Avoid it completely.
The A+ is maybe $200 to take. I want to say it's around $150. Twenty times the cost of a starter lab? That's a bit extreme...
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@thanksaj said:
The A+ is maybe $200 to take. I want to say it's around $150. Twenty times the cost of a starter lab? That's a bit extreme...
Well since we determined earlier that the $4 CloudatCost Dev1 (after coupon) was too expensive for him and the A+ was $300 (two times $150) last time I saw it... that's way, way more than 20 times!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
The A+ is maybe $200 to take. I want to say it's around $150. Twenty times the cost of a starter lab? That's a bit extreme...
Well since we determined earlier that the $4 CloudatCost Dev1 (after coupon) was too expensive for him and the A+ was $300 (two times $150) last time I saw it... that's way, way more than 20 times!!
True, I forgot about the fact it's two separate tests. Fair enough.
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As Americans, the costs of certification tests are quite low. We don't really think of it as an onerous cost. But to much of the world, any cert test represents a significant investment, especially to people just entering the field. In the US we are used to "grab any cert you can pass", which mostly makes sense. Skip a few nights out, have a few fewer drinks and you've paid for an exam. Doesn't work that way for a lot of people, it's a major investment and picking the wrong cert could be a devastating loss of income.
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@scottalanmiller said:
As Americans, the costs of certification tests are quite low. We don't really think of it as an onerous cost. But to much of the world, any cert test represents a significant investment, especially to people just entering the field. In the US we are used to "grab any cert you can pass", which mostly makes sense. Skip a few nights out, have a few fewer drinks and you've paid for an exam. Doesn't work that way for a lot of people, it's a major investment and picking the wrong cert could be a devastating loss of income.
Ok, fair enough.
