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I think I stumbled upon CF from a Google search. As to what I was searching, I am not sure, but it's definitely been a while!

 

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Almost exactly my reasons.

 

Actually i had been posting on forums for a few years before coming here and it was Tripwire that invited me over to help moderate this place. So i was here at the beginning

 

Similar to Soundian and Millsie.

Was trying to move into IT. Found an IT course for a about four thousand quid that was like the A+, but not internationally recognised and sort of promised a job, and thought it sounded like a fantastic idea. Came here and was quickly straightened out. Spent about £100 on an old PC, £25 on The Book (Meyers), £150 ish on the exams, and passed both parts first time.

... but then I spent £3,726 on celebratory drinks... You cost me a pound CertForums. A Pound!

 

I joined after i'd been working in IT around 1 year, and was looking for resources/support as i began studying for CCNA. The massive procrastinator i am, i didn't actualy get this done until 2 years later, but it was fun in between! Have moved jobs once since, and possibly about to again.

Still find this place great for just browsing through peoples posts on life in/trying to get in IT!

 

Reading that makes me realise all the effort to keep this place running is worth while.

I started this forum as mentioned before on the 23rd of June 2003 using some free web space I had from my ISP at the (plusnet). I was a student with a training provider called NITLC at the time studying CompTIA A+ and I had asked a few questions on their members forum but didn't really get a great deal of assistance so I turned to the internet to look for help and found that there wasn't a great deal of certification forums out there and the ones that did exist here US based. I had the web space and I had the time as I was only working a part-time job so I decided to learn how to create a website. With a few blatant plugs on the NITLC forums we soon gained few core members and things rolled on from there. We didn't even have a real name back then, it wasn't until a few weeks in that certfourms.co.uk was purchased (you still read the thread where we decided on a name).

Since then I've had numerous threats from training providers and solicitors, an been harassed at work and at home with letters and phone calls from disgruntled companies claiming we are damaging their business and that I'm going to be dragged through court unless I remove certain content. I've had court orders to remove content with hosts suspending or taking down the site until I comply. We've been hacked and databases wiped in the process but we've come back after I've spend hours and hours restoring the site to normal service and making improvements, upgrades and not so long ago a fresh new look and design.

We've seen relationships blossom and relationships lost, we've seen members pass before their time and some old before it too. We've seen promotions and demotions, career advancements and career changes. We watched as members become married, divorced, parents and even publishers.

There have been times when I could have just given up, folded in the towel and said goodbye, but I'm glad I didn't.

To know that CF still serves its purpose in assisting other helps me remember that it does have a place and it is valued.

 

I came here when I was doing my A+, was gone for a while job hunting, and while working in the field, but I have generally lurked. I'm becoming more active here again, because I'm just about on top of my workload these days (for a few months a year at least) and want to help ensure other people get a leg-up from this site like I did.

 

Really, I never realised that.