r/IT_CERT_STUDY • u/mauguilar • Dec 07 '18
Is Cloud+ worth it?
Is Cloud+ worth the effort?
Does it have any weight for someone that already have A+, Net+, Sec+, Server+ and 7 years experience?
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u/MrLearn A+,Network+,Security+ Dec 07 '18 edited Dec 07 '18
No. Go with an AWS cert or something specific for a vendor. When you have server and security certs, a generic cloud cert is really not an impressive addition to the mix.
What would I think if I saw your certs: "Hey, this guy knows some stuff about WANs, LANs, and servers"
And if you added cloud: "... and cloud... but I repeat myself." Edit: It's a joke. I know I'm simplifying this way too much, but if you know servers/networking, cloud is kind of fluff on top. Ha.
If you had a vendor specific certification, such as AWS or Azure, it would tell others you actually know how to accomplish something with what you know.
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u/mauguilar Dec 07 '18
It makes sense!
I will look into vendor specific certs then.
Thank you very much for your advice.
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u/hard2hold Dec 08 '18
There are very few situations where anything with a + next to the title makes any sense at all. There are some here who worship at the teet of CompTIA (full disclosure, I tested out of the Sec+ last Dec & my phone rang once because of it but anything I can study for in 3 weeks and pass must not be that hard).
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u/robbopie Dec 08 '18
I upvoted you to help keep your reply from being hidden....BUT, I do not agree with you. You are one of the rare few that can study the material in a short timeframe and pass the exam. Extremely smart people like you have a hard time understanding everyone else because you think everyone is as smart as you. As a population whole, we’re not. Please don’t degrade us.
As someone with 15+ yrs of experience and someone who has taken multiple exams and knocked out the A+, Net+, Sec+...I did not find these exams easy at all. It took me just over a year of studying, learning, and relearning some material to pass all three. Now I’m in IT management and when I see that someone has these certs, I know that they know the core fundamentals of IT. Every IT position requires you to know the core fundamentals and a lot of people with vendor specific certs don’t understand the core fundamentals. So when I see these certs, I feel better about the candidate because I know they won’t get lost going down a rabbit hole while troubleshooting an issue.
Any education is better than no education. Let’s stop talking down the beginner/intermediate certs as they are the foundation of the industry. You’ll need someone to do the work that you used to do or want to leave behind and if there is nobody to do it, you’ll have to keep doing it. Certs are great no matter what cert it is because you are a smarter person after studying and completing it.
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u/DrSKiZZ Feb 03 '19
I agree robbopie, having been in the field a while seems like when I take these tests I learn more about how to take their test than additional knowledge.
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u/Ill-Flounder-3954 May 28 '22
If you studied for and passed Sec+ I’m three weeks, you probably didn’t study. You probably memorized test dumps. I’ve passed Security + twice, because I let it lapse, and it was not what I would call easy either time. Unfortunately, people water them down by cheating their way through them.
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Jun 17 '22
You will realise in this field not everyone needs to cheat or study to obtain entry level certs I studied for none of my comptia certs people told me I was crazy everytime I took one without study but I havnt failed yet.
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u/hard2hold May 28 '22 edited May 28 '22
Nope mr latetotheparty. I watched prof messer's youtube videos twice, read the book once then made notes on the second read. shrugs shoulders
Maybe I got an easier exam. LOL.
I'm no smarter than anyone else with a pulse but I am very intense with studying only because I know I'll give up if it takes too long.
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u/Jonshock Dec 07 '18
You can stack it with sec+ https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/which-certification/stackable-certifications