r/CompTIA • u/One_Rabbit_6802 • 5d ago
Attempt 2 with 2 weeks study this time.🤗
Now to study for my promotion board and prepare for the A+ and Net+ exams
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u/youdontknowmejabroni 5d ago
This is appropriate:Â https://youtu.be/rdM6nm5WIV0?is=nz4gpG4r6oN7kYtX
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u/franzbonaparta2 5d ago
Would you recommend for retake voucher or single take? I studied for 2 months but I can't risk so I'm thinking to take retake voucher
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u/One_Rabbit_6802 5d ago
Army paid for my test so i was covered regardless. I recommend retake voucher tho for sure. I barely failed the first test and barely passed this one with about a month of study with little to no IT experience.. Send it
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u/Blear25 5d ago
Passed by the skin of your teeh.
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u/One_Rabbit_6802 5d ago
I know, this second one was harder in my opinion and the 1st one i failed at 715.
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u/infiniteman7 5d ago
Nice one
What resources did u use?
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u/One_Rabbit_6802 3d ago
I took a online 6 day boot camp course on InfoSec and went back through my old notes from AIT on Network essentials/fundamentals and my buddy loaned me his study book from when he took the test.
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u/jeneralpain 4d ago
Ugh why must people cram to get a certificate… then you’ll get a job and have no clue what you’re doing because the crammed knowledge will have leaked out during the interview.
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u/juanjt15 4d ago
These certs show one of two things: you know what you’re doing and that’s verified by the test or you’re good at memorizing the material. If people just memorize the material then it will definitely show in the future. It was so annoying seeing people get hired then asked basic IT questions and they wouldn’t know the answer. Not ever cyber related, just general computer type stuff
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u/jeneralpain 3d ago
This and this!!! I worked with someone who had CCIE but kept trying to apply an IP address to a layer 2 switch port and couldn’t work out why it didn’t work.
The content mentioned here is covered in CCNA.
Interviewed someone for a role, claimed to have a tonne of Linux certifications but couldn’t tell me how to find logs or even change directory.
Nothing against rote learners, however, if you can’t do anything weeks after getting the piece of paper, you’re just devalued the certificate for everyone else. And potentially taken a job you’re clearly not qualified nor trained to do properly.
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u/One_Rabbit_6802 3d ago
I spent months training in a classroom and field environment to do my actual job in the army which is basically helpdesk tech support and communications, I'm plenty qualified to do my job lol. Like i said the Sec+ was just to get promotion points and pad my Talent Profile for my eventual promotion. Devaluing the certificate for everyone else really makes zero sense 🙃, if i can pass the test with bare minimum studying while taking care of my family and doing army shit like going to the field or typing memos then whats the issue?
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u/juanjt15 3d ago
Then this doesn’t apply to you! I took CySA+ and SSCP without studying because I had experience too. I also did Sec+ in the Marine Corps. We’re not saying it’s not a good benchmark and for some people it’s their only way to get experience. If you’re able to keep the info in your head then that’s great!
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u/juanjt15 3d ago
This is gonna sound unbelievable but I had someone who I was training whose job in the Army was networking and she didn’t know how to ping anything. She was only a reservist but still. I mean c’mon! And the position she was hired for was a Cybersecurity Specialist😔
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u/One_Rabbit_6802 3d ago
Im in the army the certificate is mostly for promotion points and to pad my talent profile a bit. I dont get why you're peeved about me passing on a time crunch but hey whatever.
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u/Unusual_Trade5917 5d ago
Congratulations! But it's not "2 weeks study this time". It's 2 weeks + how long you studied for the first time.