Recent content by Gregory Childers

Surprisingly, yes. I've assisted on onboarding programs for multiple companies where I was required to teach certification courses for interns in order to help them prepare for passing the exams.

The new naming conventions for the certifications were unnecessary and confusing. There are still a few dead links on the site. And some of the information is still woefully outdated. Navigation is not intuitive. This is a rough start for the new website.

It sounds like an onboarding program to me.

I'm not certain. I never used TestOut.

All CompTIA certifications are mapped to a job role, not apprenticeships. The exam development process starts out with a Job Task Analysis (JTA) that's mapped to a job role. From that JTA, the exam objectives are built.

I'm using a banged-up old HP laptop that is at least seven years old.

No kidding. I once applied for an IT job at a rather prestigious university. The salary range for the position would've required that I take a pay cut, taking me back to the 1990s. Academia doesn't want to pay for the tech support and cybersecurity that they need. Hospitals are just as bad...

It's not 39 certifications. It's only 16, with the rest being CompCerts. CompCerts only require passing a quiz and no CEUs. They're not full-blown certifications.

https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/ce/learn/continuing-education-renewal-fees/

I went to the main CompTIA website today and was greeted with the following message:

PenTest+ vouchers have already gone out. Contact @Stephen Schneiter if you haven't received yours yet. SecurityX vouchers have not been distributed to anyone yet. There is no need to keep adding to this post and other posts. Stephen has to go through a process of verifying everyone who meets...

It's easy to prove which version you've passed. It's in your online CompTIA transcript, which you can share with clients or employers. Although, I still find it completely ridiculous that clients and employers ask which version I've passed for various CompTIA exams. I've passed six different...

I honestly can't remember if I received a card for mine or not. After 22 years of earning CompTIA certs, I got rid of all my cards and shoved all my certs in a folder.

I don't believe this certificate will require any CEUs. Quite honestly, I'm surprised CompTIA didn't create an AI+ full certification program. A few of the other certification bodies have AI training and some have certs.

If I understand it correctly, the AI Fundamentals will not be a certification program. It will offer a certificate after taking an online, unproctored quiz.