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Re: Another MCSE test down!
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:56:34 GMT
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A+ is worth it only if your employer pays for it.  Doesn't get you anything
as far as hiring purposes.

If you've used computers since you were a child, you should pass this in 5
minutes.   It's an easy test.

When I hired a lot a year or so ago I was under the impression that if you
couldn't pass the A+ exam you shouldn't be working on computers.  Then we
brought in some HR person to do the hiring and we hired guys that would show
me a pic of a parallel port and ask me if it was serial or
parallel.....sheesh

Good luck on the rest of the MCSE tests.  I had to re-read some of the
replies, I thought one guy was saying you could pass the NT exams if you
were a computer geek.  Had to re-read the post and saw the A+ question in
there.   I didn't think the NT exams were that hard, but I didn't think a
person could pass it just off of knowledge garnered since they were 12,
considering the OS is techncially only 8 or so years old (not counting Lan
Manager days)

l8r

Tom Boucher

Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
news:slrn7vhogb.1dq.cjc@zelda.ns.utk.edu...
Well, I'm sure the Microsoft-bashers won't care, but I aced the
Server in the Enterprise exam today.  That gives me another MCP
cert.  I'll ace Workstation on Friday then move on to TCP/IP, Proxy,
and Net Essentials.

Probably go ahead and knock out IIS4 and IEAK5 after that since I've
used them both quite a bit and that'll make me MCSE+I.

Wondering if I should bother with A+?  I think I can get UTK to
spring for the test, and I'm certain I could pass it (based on two
people I know who have passed it with little or no studying) but
that begs the question - what good is a certification someone can
pass just because he's been a computer geek since he was 12?  At
least with the MCSE I feel I've had to learn quite a bit and do the
work for a while before acing the exams...

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(...) Yep, that's the impression I got. The 2 people I know who passed it probably know half what I know and they thought it was cake. (...) Thanks! I've only been playing with NT since a year or so after 4.0 came out, and only been working with it (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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Well, I'm sure the Microsoft-bashers won't care, but I aced the Server in the Enterprise exam today. That gives me another MCP cert. I'll ace Workstation on Friday then move on to TCP/IP, Proxy, and Net Essentials. Probably go ahead and knock out (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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