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Thanks for the info. I am studying still and cant wait to take the test. I want to be certified so that I can open up my own PC Repair store. Right now I am strictly in home service and get a few calls now and then. I want to open a store and hopefully get some real business. I think it will go better if I am certified. Anyways anyone else here have a PC Repair shop and do you get a lot of business and what type of people do you encounter most. I will be opening my shop in a college area. Also what do I need to do before I can open a store I am getting a book soon on what to get and where to go but any advice would help. I already have to get our name copyrighted.
i've been playing with computers since 85 & ibm's since 1990. i've been building up my customer list since the 96 & mostly by word of mouth plus a sign hanging off the verrandah. i don't have my a+ certification because i have knowledge, experience & practicality. i had a friend do co-op underneath me for computers for about 6 months. he eventually ran & managed different computer stores without his a+ certification. he had a guy working for him who had his a+ certification & didn't know sweet all about computers. i go down to component level on boards whereas stores don't because they don't have the know how. build your business up from home 1st before opening a store.
i've been working with computers since about '86, small & stupidly large systems; most people i work with are certified though i'm not. But as to repairing computers as opposed to fixing problems with computers it probably does make sense to have some kind of certification behind you
I agree with you DDP. I read all the stuff covered on the exam and half of it is useless knowledge you will never need to know. I am still going to get it though.
i personally have little regard for certification/exams of any kind but that's only my own opinion. i just don't like the way its always asked for in job adverts as experience are all that matters in my book :)
i actually went to school to get my a+ and network+ certs and i'll tell you now they are worthless crap. I have been playing with PC's since my commodore Vic20 but wanted to get some certs. all the schools teach you is how to pass the freakin tests, it's all repetitive memorizing of the test content. all my practice exams were nearly identical to the actual tests and my intructors clearly pointled that out in class. anyone with $100 can walk into any test center and pass the tests, especially if you sit at home and memorize them the night before. the only way to be truly "good" at this stuff is thru time and effort. i'd rather go to a guy with no certs that has been working on pc's for 15 years, instead of some 20 year old that just passed 5 tests and got his MCSE but couldn't tell you where a PCI slot was. you can read tons of books and yeah you'll get lots of info, but nothing compares with experience.
Adding to what Darthnip said, in the 10 years since I got my A+, I have never had an employer ask for it when looking for a job. The only thing it was good for was that it was a prerequisite for manufacturer certifications - IBM, Compaq, etc.
