I missed the 15 years old part.
Even more reason to get them. You will look hella smart if you could say, I got my A+ when I was 15 or 16 years old. You are on the right track. Do not be fooled by the negative crap. There are a lot of IT pro?s out there that could use the basics, because they got by with out it does not mean they would not have benefited from it. I talk to many staff that are [do not get me wrong] good at what they do but lack the very basics.
Like the fundamentals of ESD or why not to plug in a ps2 port when the nodes on,
Do not try to fix CRT's or stick your fingers in side UPS's. What kind of fire extinguisher will put out electrical fire, Think your employer might want you to know that.
That is hardware.
When it comes to the OS, you hear stuff like: what is the kernel, what does MBR Stand for. What does NTFS stand for, what?s real mode. Yes knowing IRQ?s can still be good to know when troubleshooting.
Network+ you hear stuff like: I have a full duplex hub. I just buy cables with ends on them (they cannot make them to save their life). Or (the Network guys are going to love this one) universally using datagram?s for segments, packets, and frames.
There are so much more then just these examples. Ask any IT pros they can tell you how many people they would like to send to a class or two.
Knowing how to make computers work is one thing knowing how computers work is another.
Employers do not want to waist their time interviewing to see if people are going to wreck equipment. the certification is for you as much as it is for them. That why A+ was started.
Do not think you are the only kid doing this. My 12-year-old daughter is almost done using Testout and is ready to test. She has to go though her school consoler to get permission to take the test on the collage campus. It has all been pre approved even with CompTia. It took them two days to tell me if there is an age limit. A supervisor called from CompTia and said they have no age limit.
There is Competition, but not much at your age.
Even more reason to get them. You will look hella smart if you could say, I got my A+ when I was 15 or 16 years old. You are on the right track. Do not be fooled by the negative crap. There are a lot of IT pro?s out there that could use the basics, because they got by with out it does not mean they would not have benefited from it. I talk to many staff that are [do not get me wrong] good at what they do but lack the very basics.
Like the fundamentals of ESD or why not to plug in a ps2 port when the nodes on,
Do not try to fix CRT's or stick your fingers in side UPS's. What kind of fire extinguisher will put out electrical fire, Think your employer might want you to know that.
That is hardware.
When it comes to the OS, you hear stuff like: what is the kernel, what does MBR Stand for. What does NTFS stand for, what?s real mode. Yes knowing IRQ?s can still be good to know when troubleshooting.
Network+ you hear stuff like: I have a full duplex hub. I just buy cables with ends on them (they cannot make them to save their life). Or (the Network guys are going to love this one) universally using datagram?s for segments, packets, and frames.
There are so much more then just these examples. Ask any IT pros they can tell you how many people they would like to send to a class or two.
Knowing how to make computers work is one thing knowing how computers work is another.
Employers do not want to waist their time interviewing to see if people are going to wreck equipment. the certification is for you as much as it is for them. That why A+ was started.
Do not think you are the only kid doing this. My 12-year-old daughter is almost done using Testout and is ready to test. She has to go though her school consoler to get permission to take the test on the collage campus. It has all been pre approved even with CompTia. It took them two days to tell me if there is an age limit. A supervisor called from CompTia and said they have no age limit.
There is Competition, but not much at your age.
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