Rick Butler said:

One of these days, I'll perhaps retire myself. When I do, I shall take off my fedora, go into the country, and write Japanese haiku...

...without the aid of a laptop or ChatGPT.

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And make more mead!

precious said:

Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

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Well done!

Amelia A. said:

I passed the DataX certification exam this week, all thanks to the CIN Series. I re-watched the course videos and reviewed the Certmaster material. Those are the only study tools I used to prepare for the exam. Thank you, CIN!

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Awesome! Congrats on your big win

Awesome and Congratulations!

Congratulations @precious

Mitch Garvis said:

For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

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That's probably why I'm taking so much time to study for the version 8 exam. The last thing I want to do is fail a beginner exam after years of working on Linux since 2007.

Mitch Garvis said:

For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

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Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

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Rick Butler said:

Given your background and experience, I don't think you're going to have much of a problem with 006. Pretty sure you brushed up on containers (Docker/Kubernetes/etc) and all the fun that entails, as well as AI topics. I think you'll be fine.

Good luck and have fun with the exam.

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For the record: You are right, I brushed up on Docker and stuff. I did get one AI question. I had NO fun with the exam, was 100% convinced when I pressed END that I had failed. How I actually passed (and by a decent margin) I will never know! But alas, I have to teach the course this week, so I suppose failure was NOT an option

Gregory Childers said:

In the last few years, I haven't seen anything from CompTIA that appears to be a comprehensive strategy at all.

If I were running things, I would focus on improving the brand of the current suite of certifications, not adding continuing ed courses that you can get anywhere for a fraction of the price.

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I agree with this perspective. There is an increase in quantity, but the quality is starting to fray. The separation of the training group from the certification group is evident of that. To use the business analogy, where are the 'bolt-ons' that enhance the business. Simply eliminating competition doesn't improve the status quo.

precious said:

Huge thanks to @Stephen Schneiter for the incredible support and resources. The journey was challenging but incredibly rewarding!

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Perfectly stated and in 100% agreement!

Congrats on passing the challenging exam. Cheers

The most disturbing thing is that this is only making the talent pipeline worse. Systems will be run by LLMs with little to no human intervention.

When something breaks, we're all screwed.

Rick Butler said:

Well done! Congrats!

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Weldone and congratulations

Rick Butler said:

Well done! Congrats!

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Congratulations

Greetings!

could you please share the recording link for this if it is still available.

thanks

One of these days, I'll perhaps retire myself. When I do, I shall take off my fedora, go into the country, and write Japanese haiku...

...without the aid of a laptop or ChatGPT.

/r

Well done! Congrats!

Rick Butler said:

Given your background and experience, I don't think you're going to have much of a problem with 006. Pretty sure you brushed up on containers (Docker/Kubernetes/etc) and all the fun that entails, as well as AI topics. I think you'll be fine.

Good luck and have fun with the exam.

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Wait a second... there are IT topics in Linux+?? I must have missed that

Rick, I appreciate your honest assessment. These are challenging times, with dramatic changes on the horizon. I'm appreciative of my "Retiree Role ", as I have the ability to watch from the sidelines.

Given your background and experience, I don't think you're going to have much of a problem with 006. Pretty sure you brushed up on containers (Docker/Kubernetes/etc) and all the fun that entails, as well as AI topics. I think you'll be fine.

Good luck and have fun with the exam.

/r

Shea Bennett said:

OMG...this is a constant headache I deal with. They think I'm supposed to be Jim Rohn or Les Brown the motivational speaker every class. It's partly why I focus on online instruction via video now. It's soul draining at times with some students. I actually had a few students ask why videos can't be under 5 minutes and why training has to take over 30 days (so they can go pass the exam and get their $100,000 job). I mean...you can't make this stuff up.

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We had a training house here in Colorado Springs that promised A+, Net+, and Sec+ in 20 weeks. I laughed out loud, but was a little angry because unless the student is remarkably astute or has had prior training, there's no way you get all that in 20 weeks. That company is no longer in business in the Springs. Over promise, under deliver. Our school takes 18 months for an AoS degree, and few students even make the effort to actually certify when we give them every opportunity.

We had a career college here back in the 90's that would waive $65,000 salaries if you would show up for an 18 month program to get your MCSE. I see it all the time in higher education - because they're all trying to get their share of that phat Title IV or VA tuition money.

Finally, I had a student come to me, one time, and wanted me to cheat for him to get his CCNA. He didn't want to put in the hard work. I told him to "F" right off. I couldn't believe the level of insult that he would ask that of me.

And nope, you definitely cannot make this stuff up.

Maybe this is an overly intense example but Tom MacDonald wrote a song called God Mode, where he talks about all the hard work and sacrifice he had to put in, despite the adversity he created for himself and the adversity around him, to make it big as an independent artist in the rap/hip-hop industry. The way I see it, if students aren't willing to leave every excuse at the door and realize that NO ONE is going to hand them the certifications, training, knowledge, and wisdom through sweat labor to reach those goals, then simply do not deserve to be in the field. I believe this with every fiber of my being.

But isn't that our society though? No one wants to watch full YouTube videos when Shorts will do. Students want to be able to doomscroll their training or get it through ChatGPT. I know kids that want me to validate them after about a year in the classroom as being on par with me. I don't think I'm all that and a bag of chips, but I have been doing this for over 35 years now. I may not be the best, but that doesn't stop the kids of wanting instantly what it took me decades to get. I didn't deserve it, I didn't earn it. God gave me the ability, I took those gifts and used them. That's the ONLY way it happens, IMAO.

Many of us old-tymers are the same way here. But that's the overly entitled way of it and I have zero patience for students who aren't hungry and believe in hard work to make their dreams happen.

Gregory Childers said:

I read it on Reddit all the time. They want to watch some prerecorded videos like those from Messer or Dion at 1.5X speed and take a battery of practice exams so they can put another cert on their resume for a job that they will never get.

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Dude, I keep telling you...get the heck off of Reddit - you're only going to give yourself an aneurysm.