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  1. Rick Butler

    Getting started

    Welcome to CIN! Glad to have you here! CIN is about creating a community where instructors, content developers, and curriculum creators can collude on how to deliver CompTIA to various training areas. It's where we can support one another and find new ways to serve our learners. @Steve...
  2. Rick Butler

    Can't update my About info so I'll put this here....

    I used to write blogs about tech and politics back in the day, but I had no idea that Medium was that exclusive about content. What's the benefit of posting with them to merit that kind of exclusivity?
  3. Rick Butler

    Passed Cloud+ CV0-004

    Nice! I did MS900 and SC900 last year in order to get the CEUs for my Cloud+ renewal this year. At first I thought it was sort of the "easy" way, but really, I think it's better because I get to expand my certification base without having to put a huge amount of focus on a cert I have. #WorthIt
  4. Rick Butler

    Troubleshooting?

    Sounds completely plausible, because, at the end, troubleshooting is just as much an art as it is a science.
  5. Rick Butler

    New CompTIA A+ logo update

    I think this has to do with two things. First, next year, we're supposed to see the 1200 series of the A+ Core exams. But the second is what has been nicknamed the "underscore" series. This was talked about at the 2023 and 2024 Summits. Of course, I think this is all contingent on decisions...
  6. Rick Butler

    Slide Decks More Effective

    I can also see how "what questions" can be stymie'ing (if that's a word) for students - perhaps under pressure to come up with a question to ask, or just assuming not to - unless there's something better to be gained. One thing I've done in the past is to reward those that ask thoughtful...
  7. Rick Butler

    Linux PAM

    I'll just leave this here.
  8. Rick Butler

    Hello, pls i need CompTIA security+ slides to deliver

    The way I see it, (and notwithstanding my stinging rebuke of slides in general), a presenter using slides should build his/her own, so that the slides follow the speaker (and not the reverse). Yes it takes time, but I think it attunes the presentation and keeps it from sounding discombobulated...
  9. Rick Butler

    Troubleshooting?

    A far better question than what we've been seeing lately, Greg. This one isn't laughably simplistic and can't be answered with a simple Google search. So... IMAO, I think what's happening here is a product of evolution. As CompTIA has developed certifications over the years, the infamous...
  10. Rick Butler

    Slide Decks More Effective

    I can't. We have rules against that kind of language on the CIN community. Just imagine, say, Tony Montana in Scarface. That should equate.
  11. Rick Butler

    GTIA?

    In a way - this kind of saddens me. I think being a non-profit organization was a strong selling point because there wasn't any corporate interest out there, pulling on things. And while I hope the investors aggressively keep the neutrality, I think there will always be that specter where...
  12. Rick Butler

    Passed Cloud+ CV0-004

    Congrats on your win! What's your next certification goal?
  13. Rick Butler

    Slide Decks More Effective

    I haven't had much of a desire to answer these questions lately, since they don't really do much to interest me, but I'll respond here, since I often like taking the contrary position. And while unpopular, I'm unapologetic about it: My take - I loathe, despise, and or otherwise hate slides. I...
  14. Rick Butler

    CompTIA Tech +

    Well done! Congrats on your win! What's next?
  15. Rick Butler

    GTIA?

    Well, we know that Todd Thibodeaux will be the CEO of the for-profit CompTIA. GTIA is looking for a new skipper for the helm. And a lot of good people are now looking for work, so if you can, get on LinkedIn and help 'em out!
  16. Rick Butler

    Partner Summit 2025??

    Indeed. I was wondering about this as well, since ChannelCon eclipses Partner Summit greatly. I don't think there is a lot of information available on anything at the moment. There are a lot of pieces in motion that we're seeing now. It has me worried for how it will impact things like the...
  17. Rick Butler

    Free or reduced resources for Title 1 Schools

    Hi Frank: Great question. I would probably start here with the CompTIA Secondary Education page and CompTIA Spark which is tilted towards middle school. While the resources on these sites are a little general, it does, I believe, get you started. I do know the Secondary Education site can...
  18. Rick Butler

    What prevents our students from completing their goals

    I think that's kind of why I stopped posting out there...but reddit has a fair bit of toxicity about it - they do seem to want to cut corners and get things for free. Perhaps they just don't have the financial support to get materials and vouchers - hard to say. But when I see the posts about...
  19. Rick Butler

    What prevents our students from completing their goals

    Ahh, yes, that r/CompTIA Reddit sub crowd - people who see the value of certification in terms of salary, but do not want to actually pay for anything or complain about how expensive it is to get material and/or vouchers - so in effect, are really just kind of stealing. I used to interact with...
  20. Rick Butler

    Learn Coding for Cybersecurity?

    I thought I heard something about CompTIA doing some certification offerings with respect to programming and languages. However, concrete material on this is still speculative at present.
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