LAST EDITED ON Sep-14-00 AT 06:49 AM (GMT)No. Although you may learn some very useful stuff, it’s too much money for what is mostly a certificate. That is, I think A+ certification is big rip-off and the certification is an inadequate measure of knowledge. I am not A+ certified and never will be. In my considered opinion, A+ certification does not properly prepare a person to be a technician and I would not hire a person whose only formal background or measure of technical knowledge includes just that level of expertise. In the past, I required a two-year technical college education or the military equivalent. Some can do it with a quality correspondence course. I did it with six months of Navy Class A Electronics Tech school (that’s real A+ Cert) and CREI (that was before I spent four years at North Carolina State and 2 plus years in grad school). Without the theory (AC/DC theory, logic, processors, plus lab work, etc., etc.) taught at that level of education, a person just does not know enough to be a first-rate technician. I have been a technician, electronics and computers, for forty years. Back in the old days we had some darn good technicians. None of them were A+ certified. A+ Certification... Sounds like a used car in a lot with a sign in the window and lots of wax on it. The MCSE + Internet might be worth doing for what you might learn. I am sure these comments will not sit well with some readers, but you asked for my opinion and you got it. Larry
