CompTIA A+ Thread

>>60777677
Yes and no. Will it qualify you to be a bench tech at Fry's? Yes. Will it set you on a course for working in IT and growing in that field? No. You will get bored of fixing computers very quickly it is no different than being a janitor or waiter.

I would just try to get a desktop support job through a head hunter, and don't worry about certs. Work a few shitty helpdesk jobs, volunteer to be some sysadmins lackey or do some of the physical networking. IT is nothing like what people talk about here or what certs will teach you. It is a job spent hunting down devs to fix their CRUD, wading through vendor and MSP lies, and making changes no one asked for because no one bothers to think ahead.

If I could do it over again, I would not get my A+, or my Net+ for that matter, but they were fairly cheap, not too hard to get, and they were a nice side note on my resume.

>>60777677
desktop support is dead. its cheaper to buy new pcs than to hire you, involves less risk and time too.

don't give up though. get your feet wet in different areas of IT, maybe you'll grow a fascination with something. fascination and motivation is the key to $$$ in IT (next to social skills).