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Recent content by Gregory Childers

  1. Gregory Childers

    CIN Sneak Peek: CompTIA Data+ V2 goes live this Thursday, August 28th!

    I'll wait for the TTT
  2. Gregory Childers

    Regarding Security+ Labs

    I taught boot camps for 20+ years. With the amount of lectures, labs, practice quizzes, and exams, I couldn't possibly fit all the content into a 40-hour boot camp. So, I skipped all the labs and practice quizzes/exams on focused on the lecture and demonstrations. My goal was to ensure the...
  3. Gregory Childers

    Knowing NIST

    EC-Council has fallen out of favor in the industry. It's overpriced, the certs don't provide a lot of value, and the leaders have been found guilty of both plagiarism and sexism. If the DoD dropped them from the 8140 list, they would completely drop off the radar.
  4. Gregory Childers

    Knowing NIST

    I was done in an hour. I've never needed a break during an exam. If I have to go, I go before the exam.
  5. Gregory Childers

    Thoughts on Preparing Students for That First Job Interview Using AI

    That has already happened. I was at a conference where one of the speakers admitted his company had hired a fake employee. They used AI to generate fake images, a fake resume, fake everything. The "employee" immediately started exfiltrating data while onboarding.
  6. Gregory Childers

    Thoughts on Preparing Students for That First Job Interview Using AI

    Generative AI tools are great for research and preparation, provided you use comprehensive prompts and are mindful of potential hallucinations. The problem that we've discovered is candidates who actively use AI DURING THE INTERVIEW. If you can't answer basic interview questions without...
  7. Gregory Childers

    Are There New Requirements for CompTIA Trainers?

    I used an internal train-the-trainer certificate from a company I was working for at the time to get my MCT. The MCT does not prove any capabilities whatsoever. It's just bureaucratic nonsense. I eventually dropped mine because they charged too much to keep it, and it provided zero value...
  8. Gregory Childers

    Are There New Requirements for CompTIA Trainers?

    CompTIA has several certifications that do not meet a business case. The Data+/DataSys+/DataX series is an example. Very little demand for these certs since they were launched. MCT does not prove educational competence. It proves you paid Microsoft a fee.
  9. Gregory Childers

    Credential Value index

    I searched for several certifications and certificates and the results were all over the map. For example, passing the CISSP gives a bump of $1600. Taking one of the LinkedIn Learning CISSP modules gives a bump between $1200-$2600. Which makes me believe the tool is complete crap.
  10. Gregory Childers

    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    I have difficulty believing that MC questions cost $200-$1000 to develop when CompTIA uses unpaid volunteer SMEs to develop the question bank.
  11. Gregory Childers

    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    For the average person, paying for a semester-long course or a boot camp is cost-prohibitive. They are already resorting to cheap or free online videos, AI, and brain dumps. The major impact that I predict is a huge increase in the number of people who can memorize topics, but have no...
  12. Gregory Childers

    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    CompTIA should make half the exam PBQs and interactive VM questions. Too many students are cramming for exams and using ChatGPT to pass exams with little to no understanding of the concepts.
  13. Gregory Childers

    Two of my certs are good through 2031. I'm done retaking exams just because the version has changed.

    It's ridiculous to require a trainer to pass the most recent version of any exam, unless it's vendor-specific like Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, or Google. As long as someone has an active certification, they shouldn't have to pass the most recent version. I've got 30+ years of IT experience, 25+...
  14. Gregory Childers

    Knowing NIST

    To my knowledge, CompTIA has never asked questions about specific NIST special publications or ISO standards. CISM and CISSP do ask those types of questions.
  15. Gregory Childers

    Are Project+ and Server+ changing from "good for life" to CE certifications?

    There are multiple threads on Reddit (I know I really shouldn't keep visiting that site) that claim CompTIA has sent out notices that Project+ and Server+ are changing from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications on October 1, 2025. I personally did not receive any notification, nor...
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