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Hi all!

I've been a member of certforums for about a month. A while ago I decided I wanted to change career to IT support and found Certforums while researching ways of getting into it. More specifically, I googled "are computech any good"!

At this point, I've got to say a massive thank you to the experienced members of the forum for their countless posts providing excellent advice and support to aspiring techs. Pretty much every question I've had thus far has already been answered on a thread in certforums! I salute you.

Needless to say, I was thrilled to find out about the self-study route to entry-level certification, as the idea of throwing thousands at a TP did not exactly appeal to me!

I've since bought the awesome Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ exam guide and am currently applying to entry-level jobs and looking for voluntary work. I know that "perseverance" is a word that every budding tech needs to have in their vocabulary, but nevertheless I'm hoping that "foot in the door" opportunity comes along sooner rather than later!

 

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Nice one your going about it the right way. IT isn't the easiest career to break into but with effort and time you will get your foot in the door. About self study, yes it's the best path for entry level certs as it's a waste of money going through a TP for an A+. Save your money to do a course on something further on in your career that isn't as easy to self study.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome

 

Hi quuuaid,

I am looking to take the same approach as you are and have also bought the same book. (awaiting for it to be delivered!)
Be sure to let us know how you get on with the whole learning process and finding jobs/work experience/volunteer work, will be interesting to hear from you and good luck!

Rich

 

Thanks for the welcome posts guys!

The book's great! I'm about half way through it right now. I'm reading it first like a novel as the author suggests. I've had a lifelong interest in PCs so my knowledge has built up haphazardly around my varied experiences with them. As a result, I can pretty confidently say I already know or am aware of a lot of what's in the book already. However, it's proving invaluable in tying it all together as a "working knowledge" that could be applied in a job (which I guess is what it's for! ).

It's useful to have a PC handy when reading so you can navigate to the various applications as they're being described in the book. I just so happen to have two PCs running XP and Vista, so I can be extra thorough! I also dug out an old motherboard which I've found useful for reference with some of the hardware-focused chapters.

Happy reading!

 

Welcome to CF, and good luck with the studies

NB

 

Howdy and welcome to CF! Good luck on the studies!

 

Welcome!

 

G'day and welcome to CF