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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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...
  4. 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.
  5. 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+...
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. Gregory Childers

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

    Unless you have photographic memory, passing the new exam does absolutely nothing to prepare you to teach the updated exam to students. All I need to know about the current version of the exam is the exam objectives. Plus, I've taken six versions of Security+ and five versions of Network+...
  9. Gregory Childers

    How often do you teach each of the CompTIA courses per year?

    I have friends who died from COVID-19, so I would appreciate it if you would keep ignorant and offensive comments like this off the CIN boards.
  10. Gregory Childers

    How often do you teach each of the CompTIA courses per year?

    I'm seriously considering letting a few more lapse because of the time/cost commitment. My Data+ expires in less than 100 days unless I get the required CEUs. No one has ever asked me to teach it, so keeping it would just be for bragging rights.
  11. Gregory Childers

    Does the CompTIA A+ Go Deep Enough for Modern IT Troubleshooting?

    A+, Network+, and Security+ all require updates. CompTIA has a long history of clinging to legacy technology in its foundational exams. The A+ exams were making references to old motherboards no longer in common use, and chipsets that technicians were less likely to encounter. Also, the level...
  12. Gregory Childers

    How often do you teach each of the CompTIA courses per year?

    I am certified in all of them except Linux+ and DataX, so I've never taught those. I am certified in CloudNetX, Data+, and DataSys+ but have never taught them. In the last three years, I have taught Cloud+, CySA+, Network+, PenTest+, Project+, Security+, and SecurityX,. The ones I've taught...
  13. Gregory Childers

    How often do you teach each of the CompTIA courses per year?

    How frequently do you teach each of the following CompTIA courses per year? When was the last time you taught each one? How many CompTIA certifications do you have where you have never taught the class? CompTIA's current portfolio of certification classes is as follows; A+ (Core 1 and Core...
  14. Gregory Childers

    CIN TTT Series: How to find new courses to register?

    Announcements for all TTT sessions are on the CIN boards
  15. Gregory Childers

    What's in a name?

    I hope CompTIA does a much better job with the next version than the current one. It could be a much better certification.
  16. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    I know. There are far too many "get rich quick with little to no effort" types over there. Sometimes I feel like Don Quixote when I post on Reddit.
  17. Gregory Childers

    Got me all excited and then...

    Branding is important.
  18. Gregory Childers

    What's in a name?

    Having passed the CASP+/SecurityX, the CISM, and the CISSP, I can tell you for a fact that they're not equivalent. On a scale of most technical to most managerial, it would SecurityX as the most technical, CISSP as the most balanced, and CISM as the most managerial. On a level of rigor, the...
  19. Gregory Childers

    What's in a name?

    Having both the Project+ and the CAPM, I'd say that the Project+ need some development before anyone would consider it on equal footing with the CAPM. The training content for Project+ is scattershot and flows poorly. The exam has much less rigor than that of the CAPM. I think it can be a...
  20. Gregory Childers

    Passed SecurityX CAS-005

    Over the last 25 years, the overwhelming majority of the exams that I've taken were because I had free vouchers. I did pay for my CISSP and CISM, and they were worth every penny.
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