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It's official. I'm certifiable. - Ebony - 09-13-2011
Who has two thumbs and is A+ Certified? THIS GUY!
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- firvulag - 09-13-2011
Congrats Eb
- Valles - 09-13-2011
Congratulations! *applauds*
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
- Foxboy - 09-13-2011
Huzzah!
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
- Ebony - 09-13-2011
You'll take any excuse to post a MLP video, won't you, Fox?
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- ECSNorway - 09-13-2011
Congrats. You have the second most important thing required to get an entry-level tech support position.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
- Wiregeek - 09-13-2011
what's the first?
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
- Dartz - 09-13-2011
Certified what, if I may ask?
And congratulations.
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- Foxboy - 09-13-2011
Ebony Wrote:You'll take any excuse to post a MLP video, won't you, Fox?You say that like it's a bad thing! *grin*
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
- ECSNorway - 09-13-2011
Wiredgeek Wrote:what's the first?An infinite supply of tolerance for bulls**t. Because 99.9% of the callers you speak to will be full of it.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
- Wiregeek - 09-13-2011
Oh, you're going honest. I thought you were going 'joke'.
A pulse!
*rimshot*
I'll be here all week...
/did 3 years of tech support
//homicide > suicide
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
- CattyNebulart - 09-14-2011
I'm fairly sure a pulse is not required. I suspect that IBM tech support has largely been replaced by watson.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
- Bob Schroeck - 09-14-2011
Congrats, Ebony!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Rod.H - 09-14-2011
Well I've that certification too and found it way easy to get. Getting the job later that was harder.
- ECSNorway - 09-14-2011
It's not so much an "Are you an expert" certification so much as it is a "have you a clue" cert.
It's proof that you know more about computers than "Oooh, look, if I move the mouse the little arrow moves with it!".
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
- Kurisu - 09-14-2011
Kinda makes me curious if there's a dummy test available... The way you guys are going on about it, it sounds like even _I_ can do it.
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DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain...
- Ebony - 09-14-2011
The test used to be much harder, because of the diversity of technology standards involved in computer hardware. With the focus these days on certain types of hardware, it's become easier. In addition, CompTIA (the certifying company) changed the exam structure so that A+ certification would be in line with certain DoD and U.S. Armed Forces specifications, so that there was equivalency between the two.
I really didn't need to take the exam, since I've been in the industry as a Help Desk/Desktop Support Tech for more than six years. But some jobs ask that applicants be officially A+ Certified, and since I'm looking for a new job in a different part of Texas, and several of the postings have asked that applicants have the certification, I felt it was necessary.
Kurisu, I can't say that there are any free tests floating around; I got all of mine through the prep materials that I acquired. You might try www.transcender.com, which is where I got my practice exams. They may have a demo exam that you can look over.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- robkelk - 09-14-2011
Would you happen to know how (if at all) an A+ certification compares to an ITIL Service Offerings and Agreements certification?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- Ebony - 09-14-2011
robkelk Wrote:Would you happen to know how (if at all) an A+ certification compares to an ITIL Service Offerings and Agreements certification?I do not. CompTIA probably can tell you, though. That sounds like a question that they have been asked before. I went to their website, but they don't say anywhere obvious. (Kurisu, here's a link for some sample questions. http://certification.comptia.org/Traini ... tions.aspx)
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
- Bluemage - 09-14-2011
Congrats. I've been working on my own, and hearing that it's that simple makes me feel a lot better.
I only have a near-infinite capacity for BS, though. Think it'll be enough? ^^
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
- Bob Schroeck - 09-14-2011
Quote:Kinda makes me curious if there's a dummy test available...You might want to look into the http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common ... etests.xmlfree tests[/i] that Brainbench.com offers. I've used a few of them, and they seem quite comprehensive. And challenging.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Kurisu - 09-15-2011
Thanks for the links, guys... now to see if there's any worth to being 'self-taught'...
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DEATH is Certain. The hour, Uncertain...