I am coming up on renewing my A+ cert. I retired out of the military after 30 years and work on a military base as a units IT person. I like what I am doing and am not itchy enough yet to move up so my A+ is what I would like to keep. Most of the sites I have been to have basically told me that in order to keep my A+ I either have to retake the test or with CEU’s I have to learn the next level stuff (Net+, Sec+, Cloud+, etc.) Why? If I wanted to go to the next level, I would learn that next level and keep going. Just frustrated that there is no A+ subjects out there to keep the skills up.
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Unfortunately, there aren’t. With that being said, you might take a look at the Microsoft client OSes to see if you can apply those toward your CEUs. Look at the certifications for Windows 7, 8, and 10. I know it’s technically upgrading your skills, but it’s along the same lines as what you’re currently working on now.
As you said, you could always re-write the A+. That always seemed like the easiest option to me.
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You may not be ready now to move into the next level position but what have you got to lose by study for one of the other certs? That way when you are ready to move your certs will be in place already.
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I was thinking to go for the A+ but there are so many certs now a days that its nuts. Instead I just got my AAS in computer networking and system analyst using the GI Bill and I picked up a network administrator job without issues. It’s all about who you know anyways.
comptia started to expire their certs about 6 years or more ago, mainly as a way of revenue in my opinion, but also alot of training now expires. M$ do it best - they rename it, make new certification paths
personally i think A+ is a waste of time. all they have added is smart devices - phones, tablets, etc.
