General Discussion - A+ SUBJECT

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A+ SUBJECT

KEVKID

2000-12-15, 6:32 pm

Hello everyone,
The A+ is good first cert to lead you to other things depending where you want to go. It was because of that cert that I landed a job at "Gateway" doing sales. With out that cert I would not even have qualified to interview. I always hear people complaining about taking pay cuts to break into the IT field. What do they expect? The A+ is a good starting point but dont expect to get a 30per hour job with only the A+ under your belt. Dont people know how much "depth" there is in the IT field? One thing that I found out is that once you think that your beginning to know your stuff......you see that you dont really know that much because you have an understanding of how much there is out there to learn.

Did that make any sense???...lol
I hope so.

Just one more thing...there are way too many variables to discuss to find out why someone with an A+ can get a job and some cant.

The VMS Kid

2002-06-28, 11:01 am

Great advice.

thecomeons

2002-06-28, 5:36 pm

i agree. a few years ago, i just wanted a job in computers. i never really thought about it in any great depth, but have come to realise that there are those that build systems and those that maintain built systems, those that write software and those that maintain written software, those that write operating systems and those that maintain operating systems. and stuff inbetween. if u dig.

i used to think that computers where things that u built and could upgrade as newer and better stuff came out. i remember when i started to build all pcs were at format and laughing when atx came out. but i tightened up and tried to keep up. it wasn't just a case of slotting stuff together. you had to keep track of the changes and know the different varieties of stuff (socket 7 from socket a, vesa from pci, etc).

likewise with operating systems. the different stuff each new o/s could do.

a+ is a starting point. bit like a foundation. you build on it.

Tech Ranger

2002-06-28, 7:23 pm

When I talk to people who are not themselves computer professionals, they think I know a lot. Sometimes, I am even accused of being a genius. That is not how I feel. Most of the time I feel ignorant. I am awed by the quantity of information that there is out there, and by the fact that it is growing faster than anybody can possibly keep up with. I am humbled by people who know so much and have such prestigious credentials and experience. Not only is learning new stuff a challenge, but not forgetting what you have learned is not easy, especially when there are things you are not applying on a daily basis.

Mauwakee

2002-06-29, 9:19 am

I think some people hear things on TV and when they get into the real world they are disappointed. I am very new at this IT game and be glad to fine a job that pays over $8.00 and hour. Especially with all those poor people that just got lay off. One person from Ohio had 10 years with them. TV it can loud the mine. LOL

thecomeons

2002-06-29, 10:09 am

i have a friend who could not get his win95 bootdisk to recognise the cd-rom in his p133. i rewrote his autoexec and config files to use the relevant driver and he though i was a genius coz i was able to alter the start-up files.

i had done it a few times before on a couple of 486 machines i had. i just had a little experience to workout the insturctions in the readme file.

it's a few years later and my friend does pc repairs in the evenings (luckily win98 bootdisk will autodetect most cd-rom drives. LOL), and it is me who phones him up with trivial problems. i am half-way to a+ certification, but he has the experience of his evening job!!

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