[geeks] A+ Guide and Exam numbers?

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Wed, 2001-09-05 at 11:41, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:17:15AM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > Are you talking about the CompTIA A+ exam?  Personally, I wouldn't
                              ^^^^^^^^
> > bother with a book.  I went down the first day they updated the exam
> > (July 1999), took it, and passed with excelent marks.  The only thing I
> > didn't do well on was the stuff on laser printers, because I'd never
> > even seen one, let alone worked on one.  :-)
> > 	Greg
> 
> And who backs/certifies this "A+" exam?  I saw books on this popping

http://www.comptia.org/

> up a few years ago, and thought it looked really useless.. Either a tech
> will know their stuff or they wont; this exam only looked like something
> for companies to pad their pockets with.

Well, coming out of high school looking for a job, it was a nice ego
boost to be able to take the exam and do well on it.  It's an entry
level exam.  If you don't know this stuff, you shouldn't be touching
computers.
	Greg