I'm A+ certified!

[Razorirr]

I just passed the second of the two A+ exams today! I get my certification certificate (card whatever it is) in four to six weeks!

wish my scores were a bit higher

a+ core exam: 638 out of a range of 100 to 900 with a 515 needed to pass

a+ os technologies exam: 583 with the same range and a pass level of 505.

think i might make cad happy and work for my Linux+ and unix certs next.

[ShadowedFigure]

Congratz Raz! I still need to finnish studying for mine XP

[Ctrl Alt Del 123]

What are typical questions on the A+ exam? I had studied for the A+ exam, but never took the actual exam. I just kinda went to college. I wonder if I could pass it without borrowing a book.

[Razorirr]

Mine had about twenty qs on the core exam about laser printers.

and the os one was more like Net+ alot of questions that our book didnt hit on. it was good that i quiried wikipedia like mad.

[mewrei]

I never found the A+ cert. hard. Congrats Raz.

You need an Adobe cert. or Zend cert. now. They're actually challenging.

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Originally posted by mewrei
I never found the A+ cert. hard. Congrats Raz.

You need an Adobe cert. or Zend cert. now. They're actually challenging.
Try a Bachelors Degree.

[mewrei]

Computers aren't that hard in my opinion. They work a certain way for a certain purpose. Physical engineering is sufficiently more difficult but software engineering is just a matter of how clever you are.

I've had my A+ since I was 14, really shows just how easy it is.

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Originally posted by mewrei
Computers aren't that hard in my opinion. They work a certain way for a certain purpose. Physical engineering is sufficiently more difficult but software engineering is just a matter of how clever you are.

I've had my A+ since I was 14, really shows just how easy it is.
You obviously have not taken a college level course in Computer Engineering.

[Razorirr]

im going to take a course of that to see if i like it. i know that i want to do something in the computer field. just dont know what. like i know i like software troubleshooting but i hate network trouble shooting.

whats that class like?

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Here was a rather difficult project for my Data Structures and Algorithms class. It involved map searching using a stack, dynamic pointers, two classes, and recursion.

http://mewtworevolutions.com/ctrlaltdel123/VisualStudio.JPG

Get very familiar with your favorite IDE.

[mewrei]

JMU summer of computer science two years ago. College level class. Technically it's a cram class for those wanting CS in 3 years instead of 4 but it was still quite easy. This is where I learn a little assembly and wrote my first AI. I also learn alot more about Manadala, a logic oriented scripting language, here.

Raz, take it from me, never EVER do anything related to public and computers. If you want a good field go into special effects or theoretical computing. Stuff like AI research, super computers, and quantum computing.

Some game work and my IDE(same as CADDYs)
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5479/screen3li.png

[Razorirr]

theoretical computing...

sounds fun but honestly how many job openings are there for that.

i could just fall back on my minor idea, nuke physics.

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Did I hear assembly?

http://mewtworevolutions.com/ctrlaltdel123/mips.JPG

[mewrei]

Yup, fun ain't it? I built an incredibly basic operating system on a very old PC with assembly during that class. I could boot the PC and display a line or two of text.

Raz, there are actually a decent amount of computer jobs available depending on where you are. Theoretical computing is a good field because it can't be taught to those ITT Tech slackers.(I think those trade schools are BS just saturating every market as quickly as possible)

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Originally posted by mewrei
Yup, fun ain't it? I built an incredibly basic operating system on a very old PC with assembly during that class. I could boot the PC and display a line or two of text.

x86 assembly? Do you still have that code?

[Razorirr]

im willing to move anywhere in the us. (or europe if the employer will offer to have me take lessons on the language pro bono.) i hate this stupid state anyways. michigan is on the downside.

are there any colleges that i should be looking into for any of these.

ive got feelers out at MIT, Berkley, and Uof Mich so far.

[mewrei]

I'd recommend Virginia Polytechnical Institute for computers. CADDY is there right now as well. It's ranked high in the engineering schools plus you'd get practical experience in the use of super computers.

Yes I still have that code if you want it.

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Originally posted by mewrei
Yes I still have that code if you want it.
Sure. We don't learn x86 unless I take that technical elective. I'm interested to see x86, as I've already done PIC and MIP32 assembly.

Either email or IM me.

[mewrei]

Ok I'll catch you. Like you would expect(I found) x86 assembly to be stupid and repetitive. You can also check out www.free2code.net for some assembly Hello World examples(not sure if it's x86 or not but I remember seeing it in passing).

http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/index.php?page_name=assembly%20language%20how%20to that's also a decent tutorial. That may be a different type of assembly but again, found it in passing. x86 hasn't interested me since that course.

[Razorirr]

ill need to check and see if baker undergrad credits transfer. i hope they do. i sat down with a counselor and found out that id be paying about 2000 a year for what would normally be about 14000

except that for the classes that i want to get out of the way pro bono through the school district are full up until winter semester next year.

stupid lack of interest in operating systems that are actually capable of supercomputing.

i want linux!

just finished checking. there is no way for me to take those classes with any of the extensions witin fifty miles one way of me.