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Rick Butler · 2025-12-01T10:12:44-0600

BrianFord said:
And make more mead!

Exactly. I have a plum, pineapple, cherry, raspberry, and grape pyment that are now aging nicely.

Jill West · 2025-12-01T09:10:05-0600

Wow, congrats, that's a major accomplishment!

I never did get my voucher to work. What did you think of the exam?

Ibrahim Mohamed · 2025-12-01T02:42:36-0600

precious said:
Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

Congrats

Ibroclassic · 2025-12-01T00:15:30-0600

precious said:
That's terrible. Have you tried calling them to explain? Maybe they can make an exception.

Sorry about that, just like precious suggested, have you tried calling the support center ,if there is anything they can do in that regards.

Abu Afza · 2025-11-30T21:55:18-0600

Well done

precious · 2025-11-30T20:16:36-0600

Gregory Childers said:
I had DataX scheduled for today, the last day before the voucher expired. When I went to sign in, it seemed that I had registered for 7AM and not 7PM, so I was marked as a "No Show" for the exam.

That's terrible. Have you tried calling them to explain? Maybe they can make an exception.

Gregory Childers · 2025-11-30T19:47:59-0600

I had DataX scheduled for today, the last day before the voucher expired. When I went to sign in, it seemed that I had registered for 7AM and not 7PM, so I was marked as a "No Show" for the exam.

Mitch Garvis · 2025-11-30T17:53:42-0600

jasoneckert said:
Truer words have never been spoken!
And trust me, if they had been, they'd be in my TTT material

Jason you know I have always had great respect for you. I didn't have nearly enough time to study so I mostly went through the courseware and the labs, but had I thought of it ahead of time... YOU MAN!!!

jasoneckert · 2025-11-30T17:48:42-0600

Mitch Garvis said:
And no, I did not use Jason's material... but I should have!

Truer words have never been spoken!
And trust me, if they had been, they'd be in my TTT material

jasoneckert · 2025-11-30T17:42:57-0600

CongratsX

Mitch Garvis · 2025-11-30T14:50:08-0600

Rick Butler said:
Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

/r

I've now passed 77 exams, but please remember that until a few years ago I was nearly exclusively a Microsoft guy. Yes, I played with Linux 25 years ago, and I use Kali and Parrot for cybersecurity stuff... but I never managed the disks or or users or containers or users (I mean managing users in a day to day environment, not just creating accounts). I also haven't used Linux servers too much since 2004.

And no, I did not use Jason's material... but I should have!

BrianFord · 2025-11-30T11:14:07-0600

Rick Butler said:
One of these days, I'll perhaps retire myself. When I do, I shall take off my fedora, go into the country, and write Japanese haiku...

...without the aid of a laptop or ChatGPT.

/r

And make more mead!

Sage · 2025-11-30T02:48:58-0600

precious said:
Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

Well done!

Sage · 2025-11-30T02:48:00-0600

Amelia A. said:
I passed the DataX certification exam this week, all thanks to the CIN Series. I re-watched the course videos and reviewed the Certmaster material. Those are the only study tools I used to prepare for the exam. Thank you, CIN!

Awesome! Congrats on your big win

samira.senanayake · 2025-11-30T02:31:14-0600

Awesome and Congratulations!

Kwabena Fred · Saturday at 9:13 PM

Congratulations

@precious

Shea Bennett · Saturday at 5:35 PM

Mitch Garvis said:
For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

That's probably why I'm taking so much time to study for the version 8 exam. The last thing I want to do is fail a beginner exam after years of working on Linux since 2007.

Rick Butler · Saturday at 5:30 PM

Mitch Garvis said:
For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

/r

Rick Butler · Saturday at 5:26 PM

Krebs had a great posting regarding the Superbox, supposedly, to provide free streaming access to just about everything you can imagine. But...when it's free, YOU are the product. The sad thing about it is that folks are going to probably buy these things up. Meanwhile, it might be an interesting toy for a cyber class to look at in a sandbox.

Pretty wicked this thing, though.

Read about it...and tell me what you think.

Is Your Android TV Streaming Box Part of a Botnet? – Krebs on Security

/r

Mitch Garvis · Saturday at 1:39 PM

Rick Butler said:
Given your background and experience, I don't think you're going to have much of a problem with 006. Pretty sure you brushed up on containers (Docker/Kubernetes/etc) and all the fun that entails, as well as AI topics. I think you'll be fine.

Good luck and have fun with the exam.

/r

For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know!

But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

Brandon G · Saturday at 9:06 AM

Gregory Childers said:
In the last few years, I haven't seen anything from CompTIA that appears to be a comprehensive strategy at all.

If I were running things, I would focus on improving the brand of the current suite of certifications, not adding continuing ed courses that you can get anywhere for a fraction of the price.

I agree with this perspective. There is an increase in quantity, but the quality is starting to fray. The separation of the training group from the certification group is evident of that. To use the business analogy, where are the 'bolt-ons' that enhance the business. Simply eliminating competition doesn't improve the status quo.

Amelia A. · Saturday at 8:14 AM

precious said:
Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

Perfectly stated and in 100% agreement!

DigitalCrestInstitute2025 · Saturday at 7:25 AM

Congrats on passing the challenging exam. Cheers

Gregory Childers · Saturday at 6:16 AM

The most disturbing thing is that this is only making the talent pipeline worse. Systems will be run by LLMs with little to no human intervention.

When something breaks, we're all screwed.

Ibroclassic · Saturday at 1:14 AM

Rick Butler said:
Well done! Congrats!

Weldone and congratulations

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