[Tutor] languages

David Broadwell dbroadwell@mindspring.com
Mon Jun 16 23:21:01 2003


> > A+  ;
> As for what course would be best for you, that depends.  Are these 
> certification courses?  In that case, A+ probably doesn't indicate a 
> programming language; it (presumably) indicates a course to help you 
> achieve the A+ Computer Technician certificate.  This certificate 
> indicates a base competency as a hardware/software technician -- pretty 
> much, basic computer and network maintenance.  Unless you really enjoy 
> tinkering with hardware and/or want to work in the back room of a 
> computer store, I wouldn't recommend this -- if you want to be a 
> programmer, your time will be better spent elsewhere, and from what I 
> can see, this certification isn't going to do much to get you a job.  
You can read that as 'enjoy lugging about computers and explaining why
mail files have to be under 2GB on windows'.

Oh, no I'm not biased at all ... but then I'm leaving that part of the
industry too ...

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David Broadwell