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Upskilling progress
Mar. 9th, 2025 05:53 amStarted studying for my CompTIA A+ a couple of days ago. I am unemployed as of January this year, but luckily me and my wife have a ton of savings and we can go a year or two without employment and we would be just fine.
( took a practice test for CompTIA A+ today, this was the result )
In the short term, I'm hopeful that once I take the real CompTIA exam, I will be able to work remotely as a help desk professional or a remote IT professional or something like that. It's just that, to be entirely honest, I feel as though the A+ is -at least in my case- a waste of time. It doesn't make sense for me to take this exam because I worked for the companies that built people's personal computers and laptops, and getting fully certified with the A+ costs just shy of about 1000 USD. For every product I marketed in Taipei, I had specialized training that tells us what the product is capable of. I've had specialized training for every single product with the exception of CPUs. Alas, I digress. I'm studying hard, and I'm gonna get certified. I'm hopeful it will be worth my time. After I pass the A+, I plan on going for the CCNA, and then the CCNP.
I am presently, and passively, searching for remote work. Not to sound arrogant to any passers by about my situation, but pretty much everything you suggest is something I have already thought of when it comes to employment. It's been almost 2 months since I was terminated just for taking a vacation to see my wife in another country.
( took a practice test for CompTIA A+ today, this was the result )
In the short term, I'm hopeful that once I take the real CompTIA exam, I will be able to work remotely as a help desk professional or a remote IT professional or something like that. It's just that, to be entirely honest, I feel as though the A+ is -at least in my case- a waste of time. It doesn't make sense for me to take this exam because I worked for the companies that built people's personal computers and laptops, and getting fully certified with the A+ costs just shy of about 1000 USD. For every product I marketed in Taipei, I had specialized training that tells us what the product is capable of. I've had specialized training for every single product with the exception of CPUs. Alas, I digress. I'm studying hard, and I'm gonna get certified. I'm hopeful it will be worth my time. After I pass the A+, I plan on going for the CCNA, and then the CCNP.
I am presently, and passively, searching for remote work. Not to sound arrogant to any passers by about my situation, but pretty much everything you suggest is something I have already thought of when it comes to employment. It's been almost 2 months since I was terminated just for taking a vacation to see my wife in another country.
