hammer wrote:
> > ... The instructor was interested, but the rest, nope. Only have eyes
> > for the newest, not for the legacy. I'm quite disturbed to realize that
> > tomorrows A+ and MCP etc. certified people will only know what it takes to
> > pass the exams, not what any of it means. We are being told to memorize,
> > never mind what it means or how to do it.
>
> This is "teaching" illiteracy, or rather, programming analphabetes.
> With the next revision of program XYZ/v.17.03.589j(c)M$ these people
> will be out of job (and have to pay for the next "course" to get a new
> place, very perhaps). Certified to get Plugged out and left to Pray.
>
> Why do you go to that "course" at all ? You already know better...
A+ and many others are essentially a hype system that makes consumers looking
for the so-called better tehies think they have the 'best" when actually they
have a techie that spent more time studing the cheat guides to pass the
overpriced test than actually working on equipment. much like the ASE
certifications for mechanics, it proves that they can pass a test. I've been to
Sears and had a "certified' mechanic work on m brakes (real tough job mentally
for an old '74 Chevy, huh?) onl to have to bring it back and have it redone by
one of their non-certified mechs that only had experience going for him. A local
shop here hires only A+ techs and asks an outrageous amount and the job is
minimally done (usually). Their most experienced techie won't work on anything
less than a 486DX system and has less than 3 yrs actual experience. Myself and
another retired GI both work equipment in our spare hours and charge very low
and realistic rates. By the way I have the A+ certification, as well as a
lesser known DLS certification on top of a Master Technicican and Master
Instrutor certification from back when I was in the USAF. Those two required
that I actually show my knowledge in the field, not in a book test. I work most
any platform including Commodore, Apple/Mac, Adam, TI, etc unless I find there
aren't available parts (after I search for a while). one of my previously
rebuilt and rehabilitated TRS-80 model 4's is in use in Massacchusetts on a
soon-to-be-upgraded production line at Bayer.
Certification is good if there is also experience with it. It's just an
enhancement but many people construe it to mean that they are all-knowing and
better than anyone else. Wrong answer.
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