Search results

It's silly that the government doesn't recognize LPI, but they recognize EC-Council, which is worthless.

It's a voucher for the exam covered by the TTT

The Linux Professional Institute has free, online resources for its Linux Essentials and LPI-1 exams

It just shows that you're A+ certified. CompTIA does not have any distinction that shows someone is a trainer.

When I took the exam earlier this year, it did not have subnetting questions on it. I was quite surprised.

I primarily use Oracle VirtualBox. I just like it better.

Just take the Sec+ exam. It renews the A+ and Net+ cert.

I agree that the 8570/8104 was poorly implemented. There should be exemptions for people in non-technical positions. That being said, I can't condone cheating. It devalues the certification for everyone who put forth the hard work and honest effort to pass.

I used to teach Core 1 and 2 in 40 hours. I skipped every single lab, practice quiz, PBQ, and practice exam and assigned them as outside work.

When the A+/Net+/Sec+ trifecta were transitioning from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications, I was teaching a lot of CompTIA classes on military bases. At one particular base, I was teaching Sec+. The class was engaged. They were asking pertinent questions. At the end of...

I can't imagine anyone wanting to extend Tech+ beyond three years.

I'll wait for the TTT

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.