Right, I rather trust a local small repair shop to fix my devices promptly, often while waiting for it, over sending it out to some faceless bureaucratic company God knows where.
I find this is a problem not only for politicians, but also for people in the tech field. People will use "security" as a reason for (not) doing/implementing something, without actually understanding what that means.
I mean Facebook listen to your phones microphone input to send you personalised ads, but nah it's the little repair shop on the corner struggling to get by that has the time and resources to mess with your phone if you want it repaired. I mean who cares about reputation or repeat custom, let's just turn every device into a dangerous piece of faulty spyware with herpes and aids and other bad things. Very unrobust, very unrobust indeed
"Non Profit" Sends "Donations" to Politicians. Hires a Lobbyist and an Attorney to a hearing that on a small town. Makes test that should educate people on how modern electronic devices work, but test includes protocols from 1980-1990s. Hmmm........ You know what, I'm gonna open up my own business, claim it "Non Profit" and Invest in futureproofing my business by hiring lobbyists that would help create laws that are advantageous to my business. And I'll just write all of that off as "business expanse". Actually, I might as well lose some money and ask the public for donations! I'm a nonprofit business, so I must be working for betterment of people, right?
i like the way you wrote "donations". If only someone made political donations, or bribes as they are called everywhere else in the world illegal. Who has the power to make bribery of politicians illegal? Oh wait....
@John Rezo These tricks have existed since the dawn of time, the race sympathy trick and victimizing people in order to enslave them or get something from them in general.
@@acquadrago Yep. I was on the A+ path as well, but yea decided it was logically garbage, and I will state that in my interviews. The Microsoft certs are actually useable and relevant. Cisco scares me but same deal. Learning powershell will get you money as well.
The reason they sent a lobbyist and a lawyer to a small town is to prevent precedent from being set. No city wants to play the role of a lab rat by being the first to pass this bill, but many more cities will follow if no harm is done. Also, sending a lobbyist to a small town council is a very obvious attempt at flattering them. Makes them feel more important.
Barnabus Wut finally, an astute observation from someone who a) isn’t trying to kiss Louis’ ass, and b), understands how the system works. I often become more enraged by the comments on these videos about the hearings than I do about the content. Finally, I can close TH-cam and move on in peace.
How hard up do you have to be to be impressed by lobbyists and lawyers? I get it, it's about starry-eyed potential future access and ladder climbing, but gullibility has its limits, or should. But obviously it works, else these situations wouldn't occur.
I stopped being amazed with "non-profit" when they kept doing the same shitbag shit as "for-profit" corporations. Good job keeping the spotlight on these recycled arguments.
who is really coming up to apple and saying "hey i'm really worried about security, i want you to only make laptops with embedded hard drives that we can't swap out and i lose everything if it breaks" . the privacy and security argument is so vapid and shameless
I would like to bring up a couple things: 1) I am currently certified CompTIA A+ 2) My instructor is a former John Deere employee The A+ is useful in getting your foot in the door with certain companies: eg. Dell. I also know there are some companies that will find an application being put in without you having at least the A+ to be a complete waste of their time. It's good to help get a entry level technician based job. More then likely, you'll be either a runner (person who is sent out to go do the stupid little shit), or you'll be over the phone support. Beyond that, yeah, it's useless. The problem with higher certifications is the idea that you have a certification saying you know how to do something, but no experience to back it up. As for John Deere, they keep their software very closely guarded. Apparently, they have their tractors set up in such a way that the software monitoring everything is so closely integrated that even if a farmer is sold parts first party, someone is still required to be sent out to reset the programs. It's not even as simple as plugging a laptop directly into the tractor. There is a small, simple device with a couple of PCBs and standardized ribbon cables involved that is between the laptop and tractor. The dealerships themselves have to buy the code(which isn't cheep for them), and send their techs out for a week to learn how to use it. This is where I feel that there should be a better/simpler way of handling it. Either implement a way for farmers to be able to hit a button or something to reset everything after the repair is complete, or make the software available to the customer, but charge a higher rate if they have to fix their fuck up (like barbers do on some military bases).
As a Cyber Network Operator in the US Marine Corps, I agree with your stand point. Unfortunately I am required to obtain and renew multiple certifications through CompTIA and many of questions are outdated or isnt even relevant to what I actually do on the day to day basis.
I love how she highlights the feminist things (comitee woman) and other minority issues (color people - :D). Basically she does not add anything to discussion here. Just an Ad for her company
I remember studying for the CompTIA A+ test and deciding I'm not going to take it because enough the answers were wrong in a real world setting that I didn't want to learn BS that would make me worse at my job. The only example I can remember is. "How often do you clean a printer" their answer "once a month" real answers "depends on how mission critical the printer is, how often it's used, and how clean the investment it's stored in". If you have a laser printer in a clean environment that's used so little that you can keep a cover over to keep even more dust out that isn't mission critical you're only going to clean it when there is an issue. Well unless there isn't anything else to do and you're trying to look busy. However, if it's very mission critical, used of times a day in a dusty and dirty location you might have to clean it out daily. My point of the real world doesn't fit well into multiple choice questions and sometimes the focus can be on the wrong thing to the point that when you start your first job it will cause problems.
I was kind of excited to take my A Plus class, but after I took it and got my A Plus certification it felt like such a waste of my time. THANK YOU Louis for helping in this fight in a way that really matters! I want you to be completely successful in your endeavors!
I had a+ and sec+ from the military and I can confirm both were pretty useless and liked to focus on outdated technology. sec+ was much better than A+ but yeah they didn't help in any way whatsoever. Unfortunately, sec+ has become mandatory for any government employees working in network security. These contractors are money-sucking leeches and are the epitome of corruption in the American system. You want to know why the us deficit is really so incredibly high? why is the military budget so huge but Marines still routinely get issued broken and unserviceable gear? the answer is these contractors.
The funny solution the air force came up with is to outsource comm squadrons to contractors so they don't have to "waste" time and money to train new airmen relevant skills they can use outside of military service
Currently in high school, now over a semester into hardware class training us to get A+ certification. I fail to see how half this hardware information would even be useful without actual experience with the hardware and the questions are horrible.
Alot of the information is for legacy hardware that has been out of circulation for several years. But, you may get an IT job where you have to support antiquated hardware, especially if you are dealing with Industrial Computers that don't connect to the internet. Machines that connect to PLCs, Industrial Metal Fabrication systems, proprietary systems that require a computer, but may have been out of production for several years. You may find your job is going to third world countries to support old computer systems in factory or agricultural type operations. The reality is not all companies stay on the leading edge of technology. In some fields, the leading edge can still rely on 20+ year old tech.
95% of that information in the CompTIA exam is so obscure that no one would ever need to know it on a day to day basis. If it somehow came up in your work you would simply do as any other sane person and research it. I have a degree in IT and currently 4 years into full time IT work. I dont have any certs and that has never held me back whatsoever. A good employer (the one you want to work for) shouldn't care about certs and other useless papers. What makes you employable is willingness to learn, being a positive asset to the company, and real world experience. My number one tip for anyone currently in school trying to get into the tech field is to be a yes man. Join every group you can, go to tech demos, be apart of the ACM. Those are the things that matter and will shine on your resume. Louis hit the nail on the head, CompTIA and similar certs are for HR departments that have no actual knowledge of the specific subject. I have a friend from college who graduated with me, he works for an IT help desk company (aka IT Sweat Shop), his pay is based on how many certs he has. Under his companies structure he could have every cert under the sun and he still wouldn't make as much as my salary, his work is also fast paced and extremely corporatized. He has to time and log everything he does and gets paid separate rates based on the client he is working for. That is exactly the company you dont want to work for in IT and that is the exact structure these BS certs have created.
I felt like a noob after passing the test for the first half of A+, because yeah it's all hardware and doesn't really teach you how to do much. Now after learning the 2nd part I actually began learning usefull skills by learning about stuff and then actually doing it. Now I feel comfortable paying for jobs where as before I barely knew jack shit, and was basically useless in a real world scenario.
FYI: the Cisco certifications have three correct answers in their multiple choice questions, but only one is the "Cisco" answer. (Also, they will use terms incorrectly from how the industry uses them, i.e. Trunks)
Thanks for this Louis! I was actually intending to take the CompTIA A+. Now I won't, because I respect you and believe you to have integrity. Now the question I have is: Can you recommend a better/useful certification that I can put on my resume?
You are absolutely right. When I took it in 2012, I saw 1394 firewire and damn 50 pin scsi questions. Both which have been obsolete way long before 2012. Totally irrelevant.
Not really irrelevant. I was working with scsi drive bays just in 2016 while doing a server move for a large multi-national corporation. At the enterprise level there can be a lot of legacy technology in play for a lot of different reasons. iseries (AS/400) is still used extensively in a lot of government and private enterprise organizations. What is redundant often just depends on where you are in the industry.
Dean K yes, I do see what you are saying. I’m a systems engineer and when I’m tinkering with appliances, I only see SAS drives but never the 50 pin scsi connectors anymore. Though I was laughing because yesterday I looked up on this shelf and saw an old external 88meg SyQuest drive that probably was scsi interface. Before yesterday, I haven’t seen one of them since around ‘93 or ‘94. Also was digging around in an old box of goodies and found a centronix cable. I fell back LOL’ing hard.
I'm not a farmer or a computer repair technician but I am a geek /nerd who was raised by a dirt floor mechanic. He worked on everything from personal drag cars & sport pull tractors to logging tractors & the minivan of the soccer mom next door. As such I feel I have some valuable input. In my opinion we need make right to repair more broad. We need to not just ask for parts, tools, and schematics. We need demand the programs and various software for these machines. And make it for corporations provide all of these things as single party proprietary manufactures/products sales. Gear heads need all these things because some of like to squeeze every last ounce of power out of their cars. While maintaining and improving fuel efficiency. Tech junkies need all of these things because some of them like to boost their computers performance while using minimal power. They also allow these same people to expose the bullshit claims from massive corporations of what their products can do and or that thay can or cannot be improved. Now I still vividly remember motor companies where just coming out with computer diagnostic systems and you either had to go to a dealership to to find out which sensor was bad or. pay north of a grand for a military laptop that had the diagnostic program shoehorned into it Which also jacked up the price of said laptop. Now given that and how companies like Tesla treat customer base after they buy their cars I think we can do better and ask for more.
I support right to repair but I can't agree with this. Parts, yes. Being able to fix the machine without having the dealer press a button to make it work: yes. Access to all software for free: not so much - why should you get for free a software diagnostics tool that someone has spend many hundreds of man hours or days writing and developing? They should make it so the machine can be repaired by anyone without dealer intervention, or let people write their own tools to aid diagnositcs or tuning etc., but I don't see why they should give their diagnostic software out for free.
I just took the A+ back in December. They finally moved over to the 1001 and 1002 which has more up to date info. Getting all the way up to win10. Still had to learn stuff about win7 but nothing older than 7.
I have attended several CompTIA gathrings. Chicago, Vegas, Miami. I am not a member and I was invited there for free. I was wined and dined at the gatherings. I loved the sessions and speakers. I looked at test prep and figured I didn't need it. I am the boss, I'll make employees take it. Test is good for employees to show you are serious about career. I am Very surprised that Comptia would be opposing a right to repair bill. It feels as though someone is paying them for this or influencing heavily.
I had 2 applicants about 10 years ago, and 1 of them kept bragging about his A+ certs , I hired the other guy and best decision ever , the guy that was bragging ended up "starting his own repair shop" our local newspaper done an article about him scamming over 20 people
Awesome channel. I commend you for your work. I have an old MacBook Pro that suffers from screen blankness and I gave up on it a couple of years ago. Took out the hard discs and just ended up storing the Mac. I’m in the UK and I’d love to get it fixed by you.
I was 16 years old, they tried to make me write the Comptia exams... I quit. Was already pissed off that the 50year old who promise me a bonus gave me f all, and the fact they wanted me to write bs exams to prove that i knew what i knew. i quit, those guys are toxic bastards. milking retail stores to train their people.
Thank you, Louis, for fighting the good fight against these idiots. I love your recent all out push against these scumbags. What can the rest of us do to help you fight for the right to repair? Cheers!
They required me to pay 200 USD to take their certification tests, that just about every IT job requires. How is this "Non-Profit"? The test was completely electronic and in no way cost them $2 let alone $200.
Great content, new sub here, only took a few videos to realize you are after the truth for consumers. And all the repair videos before this immediately let me know you are an IT guy. A real one, miles ahead of me.
As someone with over 13 years of experience in Servicing, repairing and building Computers. I have been shafted because I don't have Comptia A+ certification. This freaking sucks. It just shows how greedy they are.
Damn yeah maybe try to find a job where they don't require it. You shouldn't be required to have it if you already have the skills necessary to do the job.
@@Kylemathews1 the comptia certs are used as preselectors for weeding out applications. Hr has to narrow the field down and as such are more likely to use the certs as a filter. However most it jobs will hire with relevant experience and or a vendor specific cert like msca or ccna. If you can land the interview then it comes down to how will you know the tech in question.
@@TheAreyoucereal yeah exactly, i know a buddy with CCNA and he hooked me up with someone, i got an interview over the phone but i was a noob and didn't know what to say. Now I'm almost done with A+ and have been practicing alot and actually have some skills now. I'm about to apply to this computer repair shop near me, their ad said no certs required just skills. Depends on the job, but yeah i'm sure quite a few jobs filter for A+ or certs. Depends
But if you know someone in the industry who can vouch for you, or hook you up with an interview and you already have skills then you have a good shot. As with a lot of things in this world it's as much who you know, as what you know.
@@Kylemathews1 oh absolutely comptia just helps if you don't know anyone and need to get the interview. If you are getting interviews it probably isn't worth getting the certs.
The things your asking for are so simple and easy to understand. The companies don't have to claim ignorance of what they're doing. They only have to make sure that all their political representatives don't know what they are talking about.
The worst was a place that promoted those tests was a place called Techskills. I'm glad most of them went out of business. Not only did they take your money to take a "course" there, but their course consisted of letting you "borrow" an old BOOK that you can get from the library and telling you to go study and come back and take a practice test later. Seriously, they did nothing for you except insult you. I had gone in and told them I was ready to take the practice test and the manager came in and looked at me and basically told me I had "no chance of passing" because I am a woman! Seriously, sexism in the industry comes from these dickheads. Oh and guess what, I did pass and quite easily the first time.
Dude send any rebuttals you do on these people in video form to the senators sitting there. I know its more work, but it allows them to hear your rebuttals without happening to find you on TH-cam!
@@TENNSUMITSUMA do you seriously expect senators to go look at TH-cam searching for one guy who talked on one of many bills that they have to deal with daily. Plus most of them probably don't spend much time on TH-cam since they're a bit old for that. Therefore it objectively makes sense to say "hey it's likely you'll never find me on TH-cam randomly so instead here are the videos I made"
@@treypettit5394...do you have any idea how much resources are avato each and every government official to find out about something if they want to?! No x senator wouldn't find louis, because he'd have a team doing the grunt work for him! I guarantee you if anyone makes a threat on their life they'll know about it deapite being 'boomers' that are too old for youtube!
I remember hearing about the A+ certification in high school. It's so disappointing to find out that they want to limit property rights. Thanks for bringing it to light.
I tried getting My A+ cert 3 times through a vocational school. Failed 3 times after taking the course that didn't prepare me for the test. last one I paid 300 dollars out of pocket. Wasn't until after I learned that everything I needed to study was online for free and I essentially wasted 6 months of my time. but by that point the mental block was so strong I didn't even want to hear the word comptia. Best part was that vocational school had a 99% pass rate. After I couldn't pass it the second time they told me that they would mark me down as passed and to take as much time as I needed. Fucked up part is a part of me still wants to do IT .
dont give up. honestly the CompTIA tests are a little behind on the times. I had to learn about IRQs when i studied for the test but i never seen it on the test. i have been doing I.T. now for 6 years in different MSPs. the best option is to find someone that will get you a foot in the door regardless. Once you have the experience then the CompTIA is kinda a mude point.
You can pass the test just to get ur foot in the door , like he said HR departments look for it. But once you get started you will learn more and be more hands on and it will be nothing like the test 🙃. Keep on keepin on!
Most cert's i've dealt with are scams, just finished SSCP and the questions were are pretty much situation what-if's and "Best acts" but overall was completely useless in the terms of actual tech and security. They have pretty much gone the way of College Degree's, required pieces of toilet paper.
It really makes me sad that CompTIA is against the right to repair. THIS BILL BENEFITS THEM. They are literally shooting themselves in the foot and this is coming from someone whos been working in I.T. for 6 years now
God, the fact that my network class and my hardware class are using the CompTIA study guides as textbooks is probably bad news. I'm gonna have a useless degree.
It will only be as useless as you are. The degree is to get your foot in the door, nothing more. It's up to you to make sure you are actually educated and continue to level up your skills on the job.
I would like to say thank you for your time and efforts in this area people need to stand up for the right to repair. there's nothing harmful about it.
When I took my A+ cert tests in 03.. at something like $150, I don't remember getting any fire wire questions but a fair amount of printing related questions were asked. I'm pretty sure in hardware class fire wire was never a topic.. I still have my old CompTIA books somewhere from back then maybe later ill dig them out and check to see if USB and Fire wire is even covered anywhere in them for more then terminology definitions. I might even have some practice test software on a old floppy disk somewhere, i'd have to figure out where an old USB floppy drive I have is or find a working motherboard that supports the floppy ribbon drives i have still in stacks next to the optical drive stacks to read the floppy disk if i did find my case of disks and bothered to label that disk and never used it for another purpose a decade ago or prior because I'm pretty sure I haven't touched a floppy disk any more recent then that.
Also IT doesn't at all make anyone even close to being capable of the diagnosis and repair of computer devices at the hardware level. It covers what is common knowledge almost today on how to assemble a computer and some now legacy issues about setup of the old BIOS and conflicts between devices. The IT course is a lot more about administration of domains on a windows server environment and physical network deployment in a business setting. You are ready to take the A+ certs after 2 months of classes maybe in a 2 year full time IT course at a trade school. The MCSE and such are the goal and the CompTIA test seems rather pointless as you will be in school for at least 2 years after you take it and will be working to qualify for jobs that don't care about the A+ as you would not be at all capable of work where a MCSE is required with a A+. So yeah, unless your getting a part time job while still at school running backups at night or something where A+ certs were a hiring requirement the A+ is a waste of money.
"It's my first hearing." Never would'a guessed, honey. Don't worry, the voice shakes will level out the more you desensitize yourself to the immorality.
She's not nervous because of morality issues. .she was worried somebody would have a good question. Luckily for her, politicians are stupid and get excited when presented with shiny gifts.
@@debtminer4976 What's the problem if they have a good question? Deflect, mention a future rubust conversation and divert back to another scripted line. EDIT: I just realized the same people that write the scripts for the Indian scam call centers could make lucrative careers in political lobbying scripts instead.
@@RubixB0y Easy to do that when nobody's looking and you're experienced. . Another thing being her first time, with way smarter people in the room watching. .. and filming. .
I'm really happy that you addressed that these lobbyists hide behind privacy and security concerns as if there are no other laws/agencies that enforce this across all businesses. I'm looking forward to seeing these lobbyists advocate for new pro-consumer privacy/security laws that increase the liability of their clients, but I might be waiting awhile.
When you're a contractor for the D.O.D. the job already requires A+ cert but the DOD requires the Continuing Education cert from the A+, which all you have to do is pay them and they renew it. I forgot how much it was but it was BS and I've moved on from that job. I already got A+ certified in 2007
When I went for my A+, Network+ and MCSA certifications in Florida so many years ago that I don't even remember the date anymore (maybe 2004); the A+ certification had a little more relevance than it does today, since at the time, we still had to deal with IRQs to make sure that our systems were properly configured. Hardware standards were still very varied and the learning curve was much higher. But soon after, knowing about IRQs for computer repair, building and troubleshooting became worthless. Getting my MCP and MCSA were also just as useless, since I had already been using MS Server 2003 i built myself for over a year prior to their certification classes which were still based on w98, XP, NT 2000 and Server 2000. By this time, I had already custom built tens of machines without any prior certification, just tinkering and visiting my local computerCity (later CompUSA, now TigerDirect) store and books (youtube wasn't a thing back then, so book stores and libraries were the preferred learning source). I Feel old haha... It was thousands of dollars for the company I worked for just for the piece of paper, but as for new knowledge it was mostly useless. I actually learned a lot more during a cheap $50 2-day computer workshop several years earlier, than during the several months for the outdated certifications training sessions. The only certification that to me at the time had true value, was Network+, bundled with A+. Today I continue to do web development and server management, but most of it is self-taught. But today, I still look at those certifications and had I been the one paying for them, I'd have felt really ripped off. I never bothered to renew any of my certifications, nor do I think I ever will. TP probably has or will have more value, specially if the right to repair is denied.
"CompTIA is a useless organization that gives out useless pieces of paper. I mean literally all those pieces of paper do is get you past non tech-savvy HR departments so you can get a job" I don't see what part of that isn't useful to me when I'm job-seeking.
EXACTLY!!! I took a classes because it was required to have the certifications for my job and i got out o the classes thinking no one would come out of the class being able to do any real work.
I think it was back in the 90's when I was looking at the courses CompTIA offered. It didn't take but a little bit of research to see how BS they were. It really amazes me they are still around today and how much influence they have. Way to many sheep in today's society. But to be fair, the wolves have gotten really good at the clothing they wear.
I am right there with you. I have been holding off on getting my A+ because, 1. I think it is pointless when I have the experience to back up my claim that I don't need to get the cert, and 2. It's an HR only cert. I have been denied a chance to a phone interview solely based on the fact I don't have that cert. But I have a BS in CIT, and I have 4 years + experience. And now you break the news(last video) that they don't support the right to repair.
True, that's why I'd rather get the cert even though it's same as a degree. Much less expensive and still serves the purpose of getting me in the door so I can actually start learning through experience
Working for DOD as an Army Contractor - I program Unidata (25+ yr.). Security+ and a couple other certs now required. Don't need it to do my job. What a ripoff!
Groucho Marx: Sincerity is the most important thing. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. Hiring pretty spokeswomen is a way to communicate sincerity derived from ignorance.
I have done IT my entire life. The crap I had to pass from these clowns to get my two degrees pissed me off. It was utterly useless garbage, as you said, sir. I feel the same way about many other "certifications" out there including ones which expire regularly despite the technology NOT changing. ISA is still on a lot of these tests and the last time I checked my Tandy 2100 was an antique, not a gaming beast today. Are there seriously ISA systems being produced today? Also, when did you steal my cat? Or did she run away because I got a pair of leopard geckos? Wait, I see TWO black cats? I must up my game! I only have one...
A LOT of IT jobs require at least an A+, which is insane. I went through both tests 3 times in the time allowed, passed with high scores, and so much of it doesn't even relate to most IT jobs, or are so damn silly it's just asinine it's on a test: "How do you connect a VOIP phone to a network with a computer near by?" FFS.
Do they have information about pbx server, autoprovisioning, voice vlan? On one hand you just plug it into network, on other hand this could be tricky like unmanaged switches that are just plug and play but you could easily make a loop.
@@00XNine That is how it's done in many schools. Its manly because the staff will move there desk so far from the net port that you would have to make two long cables to do it separately.
Dear Louis! I think there is a critical detail that needs more clarification, since the judges are not tech savvy. Farming equipment lobbyists keep coming at the judges as if the ability to view a diagnostics screen on the control would be unavoidably and necessarily give the ability to the user to modify core system parameters. Now that statement, though not being languaged the way i did, they tend to suggest that and being careful to not tell it directly. Anyone with some grasp on software knows that multiple security layers could easily enable users to look in as deep as i/o panels and individual plc trees of the machine without being able to modify anything in a unwanted or hazardous fashion. In industrial metal cutting machines that is pretty common now days. i think with some smart software engineering and will on the manufacturers side they could protect their interest and satisfy the will of customers but they don't want this to be legislated for sure, that is why the big willingness so early to provide service information as close as 2021 and basic diagnostics, so they can get away with keeping the software locks to reenable the machines after critical component fail. That is an important secret goal of theirs trust me. Now it is also important to point out the understanding that there are for sure cases when the machine needs to be locked down via software to prevent operation in a condition when that would cause damage or create dangerous situation. For this kind of errors one really needs PLC or software level lock-down until the error is physically solved. If the lock-down can be put in there why can not they put in a freaking error message or a detailed informing picture sequence so we could know the dangers and would be able to carry out the proper procedure to solve our issue. clearly for the machine re-enabling there can be some elevated security measures like the owner needs to add his authentication to it via smartphone app or something like this. if these could be clarified that would make a big difference. Ps: Ill post this under a few videos of yours cus i want to make sure you get this, cus i think it has some thing to do with apples claims too... dont you think? Best regards!
Louis remember this isn’t really about safety or security as in any industry or segment of society now days it’s all about control and the slow ebbing of our freedoms. I’m here at the other end of the state by Buffalo and face the same bs not only in my chosen job but in my daily life. A good example is how they claim it’s all about the consumer. How long did it take you an untrained, unschooled and unlicensed person to master shampoo? In NY it’s 300 hours of practice to be licensed. I go to a barber they can use a razor on your neck and ears but without another requirement they can’t do a hot shave. Did you know you can’t go to a junk yard and buy a radio and replace it anymore without a dealer resetting the anti theft in the computer? And security that’s a big joke look at the IOT devices ask yourself what is the data from your tv, refrigerator, roomba, doorbell, thermostat,smart meter actually used for? Control my friend . Today is 1/29/20 if there is any doubt in people’s minds ponder this the dear leader of NY along with his minions have a new way to protect us all. There is now a $35 permit for residents and $60 for out of state that you must buy if you dare to look up. NY now has a Star Gazing permit Again this proves the point of This is how we got Trump and how he wins in 2020
The A+ certification gripes my ass, Louis. It DOES ask a lot of questions that are useless or severely dated. With 2 college degrees I do not need it but a lot of employers ask for it. Stupidly expensive as well.
@@Sar910 I think he meant this is what happens when a company's priorities are completely skewed. Her ideology is the problem, not her skin color. The fact that she buys into that stuff in addition to checking the correct boxes is the reason she has the job. Someone who truly believed in merit wouldn't bring up this irrelevant nonsense because it opens them up to exactly this type of criticism.
@@Sar910 You completely missed the point dude. Her being a black woman has nothing to do with her knowledge or intelligence; the problem is that when in hiring you focus on irrelevant things like this then you can miss people with good merit (because they happen to be the wrong color) or find out that minority people who are interested in applying to your company (so even smaller minority) happen to be less suitable but yet you hire them to show how inclusive your company is
Keep up the good fight. You are fighting for not only your business but many others and the individual. If I have something break and I want to risk fixing it myself and bricking it further that’s on me. If they were truly worried about privacy and security then these tech companies would stop using and selling the information. It’s F$&@ed up if I have to like in your case get a battery charging case to get a chip out of it to replace a battery in my phone.
Her point about there being no "security requirements" is pretty funny coming from someone who represents a company whose entire business is certification. This is like a reverse bribe- "put in requirements for certification and we'll back off as opposition".
@@sanyo8440 I took the 802 series of test (used less than 3 years ago) and that test certainly had several firewire questions on It, it's just the fact that the test has been updated far more in recent years to cut the "IEEE1394" shit.
@@sanyo8440 They did have a lot of usleless stuff in them like firewire and scsi daisy chains and what does every pin on a parallel port do., but they have been updated, but the overall point is still valid , $200 - $400 dollars for a cert that you can learn on the job in 3 months.
Couldn't agree more. I'm A+ certified. I the got "lifetime," but have to update certification. I took the exam cold turkey and passed with no trouble at all using nothing more than my own IT experience.
Finishing my 4 month study for CompTIA A+, not taking the test, going to phone and laptop repair. Thank You Mike Myers I've enjoyed your book (people please buy legal materials they are worth it).
Repairs/Service. All of these politicians would be PISSED if they had to take their cars/trucks to the Authorized vehicle dealer for every oil change for $$$ vs. the local shop.
CompTIA doesn't speak for me. I am appalled that organization which certifies people to do what is essentially repair jobs would be sending empty idiot zipperheads to lobby against a right to repair bill. Perhaps I should write a letter.
Comptia: out business is certifying IT professionals. We oppose a bill that would allow IT professionals to repair devices.
Because they wouldn't have to buy our product! Imagine passing legislation that doesn't put money in our pockets for free smh
yeah, its baffling
NON PROFIT
*shrugs*
Lol
@@AttilaTheHun333333 LOL
"I am a FOR PROFIT company and I'm the only person in that room not being paid to be there." (missing from your video)
You look kinda angulated.
Arguably lost money for our civil liberties!
@@gunnar5489 Look at their profile picture, lol.
"So, what reasons do you have for opposing right to repair bills?"
"Security."
*politicians cower in fear like Gollum*
The Chewbacca defense.
Right, I rather trust a local small repair shop to fix my devices promptly, often while waiting for it, over sending it out to some faceless bureaucratic company God knows where.
Job security more like...
I find this is a problem not only for politicians, but also for people in the tech field. People will use "security" as a reason for (not) doing/implementing something, without actually understanding what that means.
I mean Facebook listen to your phones microphone input to send you personalised ads, but nah it's the little repair shop on the corner struggling to get by that has the time and resources to mess with your phone if you want it repaired. I mean who cares about reputation or repeat custom, let's just turn every device into a dangerous piece of faulty spyware with herpes and aids and other bad things. Very unrobust, very unrobust indeed
"Non Profit"
Sends "Donations" to Politicians.
Hires a Lobbyist and an Attorney to a hearing that on a small town.
Makes test that should educate people on how modern electronic devices work, but test includes protocols from 1980-1990s.
Hmmm........
You know what, I'm gonna open up my own business, claim it "Non Profit" and Invest in futureproofing my business by hiring lobbyists that would help create laws that are advantageous to my business.
And I'll just write all of that off as "business expanse".
Actually, I might as well lose some money and ask the public for donations! I'm a nonprofit business, so I must be working for betterment of people, right?
you wanna make REAL money? Open up a church.
@@AC3handle A super church, then you'll rake in the maximum moola.
i like the way you wrote "donations". If only someone made political donations, or bribes as they are called everywhere else in the world illegal. Who has the power to make bribery of politicians illegal? Oh wait....
@@markbond1683 why wait it's already a known fact just not on paper.
*expanse (different meaning and pronunciation)
"Expanse" means a very large open space.
>WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
nice meme comptia.
Really. She could've just said "people" and that's it.
But she's gotta collect those diversity points!
I feel she would prioritise Black Women. Making a distinction sounds racist and feminist to me.
Yeah such a fake meme lol
They think women and black people are morons that are just gonna buy this diversity bullshit
@John Rezo These tricks have existed since the dawn of time, the race sympathy trick and victimizing people in order to enslave them or get something from them in general.
Don’t worry Louis, Eli has been telling IT hopefuls not to give comptia money for years now!!
I’m trying not to give CompTIA money, but holy shit is it hard getting a job without that A+.
@@Gameover38444 is compTIA the only way to get A+?
@@AC3handle The A+ is their brand of exam. I've started to study for it recently but I'd be open to any suggestions on alternatives.
killette2 There’s Microsoft’s MCSA certifications and Cisco’s entry level certifications.
@@acquadrago Yep. I was on the A+ path as well, but yea decided it was logically garbage, and I will state that in my interviews. The Microsoft certs are actually useable and relevant. Cisco scares me but same deal. Learning powershell will get you money as well.
The reason they sent a lobbyist and a lawyer to a small town is to prevent precedent from being set. No city wants to play the role of a lab rat by being the first to pass this bill, but many more cities will follow if no harm is done.
Also, sending a lobbyist to a small town council is a very obvious attempt at flattering them. Makes them feel more important.
Barnabus Wut finally, an astute observation from someone who a) isn’t trying to kiss Louis’ ass, and b), understands how the system works. I often become more enraged by the comments on these videos about the hearings than I do about the content. Finally, I can close TH-cam and move on in peace.
How hard up do you have to be to be impressed by lobbyists and lawyers? I get it, it's about starry-eyed potential future access and ladder climbing, but gullibility has its limits, or should. But obviously it works, else these situations wouldn't occur.
I personally hate CompTIA. And how you have to study and test only one way, the CompTIA way. You da man Louis!!! Give 'um hell!!!
I stopped being amazed with "non-profit" when they kept doing the same shitbag shit as "for-profit" corporations.
Good job keeping the spotlight on these recycled arguments.
who is really coming up to apple and saying "hey i'm really worried about security, i want you to only make laptops with embedded hard drives that we can't swap out and i lose everything if it breaks" . the privacy and security argument is so vapid and shameless
@@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965 It is indeed.
20 years in IT - 0 IT Certifications. Own most of the books, bought most of them for $5 each off Amazon.
Just wondering, what do you work as?
@vincenthodges647 given that he never replied probably help desk.
@@SeraphSeph insane shade thrown
I would like to bring up a couple things:
1) I am currently certified CompTIA A+
2) My instructor is a former John Deere employee
The A+ is useful in getting your foot in the door with certain companies: eg. Dell. I also know there are some companies that will find an application being put in without you having at least the A+ to be a complete waste of their time. It's good to help get a entry level technician based job. More then likely, you'll be either a runner (person who is sent out to go do the stupid little shit), or you'll be over the phone support. Beyond that, yeah, it's useless. The problem with higher certifications is the idea that you have a certification saying you know how to do something, but no experience to back it up.
As for John Deere, they keep their software very closely guarded. Apparently, they have their tractors set up in such a way that the software monitoring everything is so closely integrated that even if a farmer is sold parts first party, someone is still required to be sent out to reset the programs. It's not even as simple as plugging a laptop directly into the tractor. There is a small, simple device with a couple of PCBs and standardized ribbon cables involved that is between the laptop and tractor. The dealerships themselves have to buy the code(which isn't cheep for them), and send their techs out for a week to learn how to use it.
This is where I feel that there should be a better/simpler way of handling it. Either implement a way for farmers to be able to hit a button or something to reset everything after the repair is complete, or make the software available to the customer, but charge a higher rate if they have to fix their fuck up (like barbers do on some military bases).
I'm glad the kitties are closely following your content. Nothing like a professional pre-release evaluation!
"CompTIA, not just a joke in the USA, but also the rest of the world"
As a Cyber Network Operator in the US Marine Corps, I agree with your stand point. Unfortunately I am required to obtain and renew multiple certifications through CompTIA and many of questions are outdated or isnt even relevant to what I actually do on the day to day basis.
I love how she highlights the feminist things (comitee woman) and other minority issues (color people - :D). Basically she does not add anything to discussion here. Just an Ad for her company
Stunning and Brave POC...
b...b..but...she used all the right buzzwords!
I remember studying for the CompTIA A+ test and deciding I'm not going to take it because enough the answers were wrong in a real world setting that I didn't want to learn BS that would make me worse at my job.
The only example I can remember is. "How often do you clean a printer" their answer "once a month" real answers "depends on how mission critical the printer is, how often it's used, and how clean the investment it's stored in". If you have a laser printer in a clean environment that's used so little that you can keep a cover over to keep even more dust out that isn't mission critical you're only going to clean it when there is an issue. Well unless there isn't anything else to do and you're trying to look busy. However, if it's very mission critical, used of times a day in a dusty and dirty location you might have to clean it out daily. My point of the real world doesn't fit well into multiple choice questions and sometimes the focus can be on the wrong thing to the point that when you start your first job it will cause problems.
Thanks, for all you hard work, more repair = less waste
I was kind of excited to take my A Plus class, but after I took it and got my A Plus certification it felt like such a waste of my time. THANK YOU Louis for helping in this fight in a way that really matters! I want you to be completely successful in your endeavors!
I had a+ and sec+ from the military and I can confirm both were pretty useless and liked to focus on outdated technology. sec+ was much better than A+ but yeah they didn't help in any way whatsoever. Unfortunately, sec+ has become mandatory for any government employees working in network security. These contractors are money-sucking leeches and are the epitome of corruption in the American system. You want to know why the us deficit is really so incredibly high? why is the military budget so huge but Marines still routinely get issued broken and unserviceable gear? the answer is these contractors.
sec + is preferred in the civ world too. its accepted over degrees.
When I took Sec+, I got questions on ancient ciphers like Skipjack and GOST, that haven't even been relevant since the early 90's.
They just took my admin rights away because I let it expire so I'm about to take sec + again . Fml
@@ohnoitschris If you don't know where you've been...how do do you know where you're going?
The funny solution the air force came up with is to outsource comm squadrons to contractors so they don't have to "waste" time and money to train new airmen relevant skills they can use outside of military service
Currently in high school, now over a semester into hardware class training us to get A+ certification. I fail to see how half this hardware information would even be useful without actual experience with the hardware and the questions are horrible.
I find them easy just passed my college course.
Alot of the information is for legacy hardware that has been out of circulation for several years. But, you may get an IT job where you have to support antiquated hardware, especially if you are dealing with Industrial Computers that don't connect to the internet. Machines that connect to PLCs, Industrial Metal Fabrication systems, proprietary systems that require a computer, but may have been out of production for several years. You may find your job is going to third world countries to support old computer systems in factory or agricultural type operations. The reality is not all companies stay on the leading edge of technology. In some fields, the leading edge can still rely on 20+ year old tech.
95% of that information in the CompTIA exam is so obscure that no one would ever need to know it on a day to day basis. If it somehow came up in your work you would simply do as any other sane person and research it.
I have a degree in IT and currently 4 years into full time IT work. I dont have any certs and that has never held me back whatsoever. A good employer (the one you want to work for) shouldn't care about certs and other useless papers. What makes you employable is willingness to learn, being a positive asset to the company, and real world experience. My number one tip for anyone currently in school trying to get into the tech field is to be a yes man. Join every group you can, go to tech demos, be apart of the ACM. Those are the things that matter and will shine on your resume.
Louis hit the nail on the head, CompTIA and similar certs are for HR departments that have no actual knowledge of the specific subject.
I have a friend from college who graduated with me, he works for an IT help desk company (aka IT Sweat Shop), his pay is based on how many certs he has. Under his companies structure he could have every cert under the sun and he still wouldn't make as much as my salary, his work is also fast paced and extremely corporatized. He has to time and log everything he does and gets paid separate rates based on the client he is working for. That is exactly the company you dont want to work for in IT and that is the exact structure these BS certs have created.
I felt like a noob after passing the test for the first half of A+, because yeah it's all hardware and doesn't really teach you how to do much. Now after learning the 2nd part I actually began learning usefull skills by learning about stuff and then actually doing it. Now I feel comfortable paying for jobs where as before I barely knew jack shit, and was basically useless in a real world scenario.
FYI: the Cisco certifications have three correct answers in their multiple choice questions, but only one is the "Cisco" answer. (Also, they will use terms incorrectly from how the industry uses them, i.e. Trunks)
Thank you for confirming my feelings about Comptia. Now I know I did the right thing about not renewing my A+
Thanks for this Louis! I was actually intending to take the CompTIA A+. Now I won't, because I respect you and believe you to have integrity.
Now the question I have is: Can you recommend a better/useful certification that I can put on my resume?
You are absolutely right. When I took it in 2012, I saw 1394 firewire and damn 50 pin scsi questions. Both which have been obsolete way long before 2012. Totally irrelevant.
I realized my phone kept changing "scsi" to "scsci" so I just edited it and the love disappeared, damn it TH-cam.
Not really irrelevant. I was working with scsi drive bays just in 2016 while doing a server move for a large multi-national corporation. At the enterprise level there can be a lot of legacy technology in play for a lot of different reasons. iseries (AS/400) is still used extensively in a lot of government and private enterprise organizations. What is redundant often just depends on where you are in the industry.
Dean K yes, I do see what you are saying. I’m a systems engineer and when I’m tinkering with appliances, I only see SAS drives but never the 50 pin scsi connectors anymore. Though I was laughing because yesterday I looked up on this shelf and saw an old external 88meg SyQuest drive that probably was scsi interface. Before yesterday, I haven’t seen one of them since around ‘93 or ‘94. Also was digging around in an old box of goodies and found a centronix cable. I fell back LOL’ing hard.
Scsi how quaint...
If you don't know where you've been...how do you know where you're going?
I'm not a farmer or a computer repair technician but I am a geek /nerd who was raised by a dirt floor mechanic. He worked on everything from personal drag cars & sport pull tractors to logging tractors & the minivan of the soccer mom next door. As such I feel I have some valuable input.
In my opinion we need make right to repair more broad. We need to not just ask for parts, tools, and schematics. We need demand the programs and various software for these machines. And make it for corporations provide all of these things as single party proprietary manufactures/products sales.
Gear heads need all these things because some of like to squeeze every last ounce of power out of their cars. While maintaining and improving fuel efficiency.
Tech junkies need all of these things because some of them like to boost their computers performance while using minimal power.
They also allow these same people to expose the bullshit claims from massive corporations of what their products can do and or that thay can or cannot be improved.
Now I still vividly remember motor companies where just coming out with computer diagnostic systems and you either had to go to a dealership to to find out which sensor was bad or. pay north of a grand for a military laptop that had the diagnostic program shoehorned into it Which also jacked up the price of said laptop.
Now given that and how companies like Tesla treat customer base after they buy their cars I think we can do better and ask for more.
That anyone would actively try to prevent the repairability of a product is beyond me.
Could have been worse. you could have been raised by a self leveling concrete mechanic
baby steps man, baby steps
@@febeomnibeepboop6367 old joke is old, let it die
I support right to repair but I can't agree with this. Parts, yes. Being able to fix the machine without having the dealer press a button to make it work: yes. Access to all software for free: not so much - why should you get for free a software diagnostics tool that someone has spend many hundreds of man hours or days writing and developing? They should make it so the machine can be repaired by anyone without dealer intervention, or let people write their own tools to aid diagnositcs or tuning etc., but I don't see why they should give their diagnostic software out for free.
I thought CompTIA was dead. Their certs were a joke years ago, much less now.
Well most companies don't realize that yet so..
DoDD 8570 puts a lot of money into their non-profit pockets.
I done the A+ and some other ones in late 2018, in the 901/902 they're still asking about Windows XP and firewire.
Eternal Genju correct so out of date
I just took the A+ back in December. They finally moved over to the 1001 and 1002 which has more up to date info. Getting all the way up to win10. Still had to learn stuff about win7 but nothing older than 7.
I have attended several CompTIA gathrings. Chicago, Vegas, Miami. I am not a member and I was invited there for free. I was wined and dined at the gatherings. I loved the sessions and speakers. I looked at test prep and figured I didn't need it. I am the boss, I'll make employees take it. Test is good for employees to show you are serious about career. I am Very surprised that Comptia would be opposing a right to repair bill. It feels as though someone is paying them for this or influencing heavily.
I had 2 applicants about 10 years ago, and 1 of them kept bragging about his A+ certs , I hired the other guy and best decision ever , the guy that was bragging ended up "starting his own repair shop" our local newspaper done an article about him scamming over 20 people
Awesome channel. I commend you for your work. I have an old MacBook Pro that suffers from screen blankness and I gave up on it a couple of years ago. Took out the hard discs and just ended up storing the Mac. I’m in the UK and I’d love to get it fixed by you.
I was 16 years old, they tried to make me write the Comptia exams... I quit. Was already pissed off that the 50year old who promise me a bonus gave me f all, and the fact they wanted me to write bs exams to prove that i knew what i knew. i quit, those guys are toxic bastards. milking retail stores to train their people.
OMG Thank you!! It felt so useless studying and writing for it!! But sadly had to be done.
Wow. That's exactly how I felt about Microsoft certifications.
most expensive piece of wallpaper
Thank you, Louis, for fighting the good fight against these idiots. I love your recent all out push against these scumbags. What can the rest of us do to help you fight for the right to repair? Cheers!
They required me to pay 200 USD to take their certification tests, that just about every IT job requires. How is this "Non-Profit"?
The test was completely electronic and in no way cost them $2 let alone $200.
Great content, new sub here, only took a few videos to realize you are after the truth for consumers. And all the repair videos before this immediately let me know you are an IT guy. A real one, miles ahead of me.
As someone with over 13 years of experience in Servicing, repairing and building Computers. I have been shafted because I don't have Comptia A+ certification. This freaking sucks. It just shows how greedy they are.
Damn yeah maybe try to find a job where they don't require it. You shouldn't be required to have it if you already have the skills necessary to do the job.
@@Kylemathews1 the comptia certs are used as preselectors for weeding out applications. Hr has to narrow the field down and as such are more likely to use the certs as a filter. However most it jobs will hire with relevant experience and or a vendor specific cert like msca or ccna. If you can land the interview then it comes down to how will you know the tech in question.
@@TheAreyoucereal yeah exactly, i know a buddy with CCNA and he hooked me up with someone, i got an interview over the phone but i was a noob and didn't know what to say. Now I'm almost done with A+ and have been practicing alot and actually have some skills now. I'm about to apply to this computer repair shop near me, their ad said no certs required just skills. Depends on the job, but yeah i'm sure quite a few jobs filter for A+ or certs. Depends
But if you know someone in the industry who can vouch for you, or hook you up with an interview and you already have skills then you have a good shot. As with a lot of things in this world it's as much who you know, as what you know.
@@Kylemathews1 oh absolutely comptia just helps if you don't know anyone and need to get the interview. If you are getting interviews it probably isn't worth getting the certs.
The things your asking for are so simple and easy to understand.
The companies don't have to claim ignorance of what they're doing.
They only have to make sure that all their political representatives don't know what they are talking about.
Lol it's funny that I did my A+ certificate in 2014 as well and they LEGITIMATELY teach you the most random crap.
The worst was a place that promoted those tests was a place called Techskills. I'm glad most of them went out of business. Not only did they take your money to take a "course" there, but their course consisted of letting you "borrow" an old BOOK that you can get from the library and telling you to go study and come back and take a practice test later. Seriously, they did nothing for you except insult you. I had gone in and told them I was ready to take the practice test and the manager came in and looked at me and basically told me I had "no chance of passing" because I am a woman! Seriously, sexism in the industry comes from these dickheads. Oh and guess what, I did pass and quite easily the first time.
Dude send any rebuttals you do on these people in video form to the senators sitting there. I know its more work, but it allows them to hear your rebuttals without happening to find you on TH-cam!
indeed
Why wouldn't he want them to find him on TH-cam?
@@TENNSUMITSUMA The senators won't bother looking for Louis.
@@TENNSUMITSUMA do you seriously expect senators to go look at TH-cam searching for one guy who talked on one of many bills that they have to deal with daily. Plus most of them probably don't spend much time on TH-cam since they're a bit old for that. Therefore it objectively makes sense to say "hey it's likely you'll never find me on TH-cam randomly so instead here are the videos I made"
@@treypettit5394...do you have any idea how much resources are avato each and every government official to find out about something if they want to?! No x senator wouldn't find louis, because he'd have a team doing the grunt work for him! I guarantee you if anyone makes a threat on their life they'll know about it deapite being 'boomers' that are too old for youtube!
I remember hearing about the A+ certification in high school. It's so disappointing to find out that they want to limit property rights. Thanks for bringing it to light.
If I had a dime every time a lobbyist said uh and umm I'd be rich
*lobbyist
Louis,
Thank you for doing what you're doing. You're a welcome voice for those like me who are just starting out in this business. Excellent job!
I tried getting My A+ cert 3 times through a vocational school. Failed 3 times after taking the course that didn't prepare me for the test. last one I paid 300 dollars out of pocket. Wasn't until after I learned that everything I needed to study was online for free and I essentially wasted 6 months of my time. but by that point the mental block was so strong I didn't even want to hear the word comptia. Best part was that vocational school had a 99% pass rate. After I couldn't pass it the second time they told me that they would mark me down as passed and to take as much time as I needed.
Fucked up part is a part of me still wants to do IT .
dont give up. honestly the CompTIA tests are a little behind on the times. I had to learn about IRQs when i studied for the test but i never seen it on the test. i have been doing I.T. now for 6 years in different MSPs. the best option is to find someone that will get you a foot in the door regardless. Once you have the experience then the CompTIA is kinda a mude point.
You can pass the test just to get ur foot in the door , like he said HR departments look for it. But once you get started you will learn more and be more hands on and it will be nothing like the test 🙃. Keep on keepin on!
Industry secret, you can lie and say you have it since almost no one checks. I know at least 3 people who cop to doing this.
@@Segphalt Soooo.......CopoutTIA?
Watched and shared. Keep up the great content my guy.
Most cert's i've dealt with are scams, just finished SSCP and the questions were are pretty much situation what-if's and "Best acts" but overall was completely useless in the terms of actual tech and security. They have pretty much gone the way of College Degree's, required pieces of toilet paper.
You'rse doing amazing work for us Louis, thank you
It really makes me sad that CompTIA is against the right to repair. THIS BILL BENEFITS THEM. They are literally shooting themselves in the foot and this is coming from someone whos been working in I.T. for 6 years now
They don't have any programs related to actual repair so unless they were planning on it... Not really
Your channel is really underrated. Hope you get more support
God, the fact that my network class and my hardware class are using the CompTIA study guides as textbooks is probably bad news. I'm gonna have a useless degree.
Your next presentation, if any, should be convincing the class CrapTIA is bad news.
It's not useles if it keeps you in debt for your entire life and enslaved to the banking industry.
It will only be as useless as you are. The degree is to get your foot in the door, nothing more. It's up to you to make sure you are actually educated and continue to level up your skills on the job.
@@dancemattdanceify
If your degree doesn't get you up to speed to at least a minimum industry standard then it should be considered fraudulent.
I would like to say thank you for your time and efforts in this area people need to stand up for the right to repair. there's nothing harmful about it.
Just keep learning their tactics and arguments and start directly addressing them, preemptively if possible, at any future opportunities.
The common thing they all share is they spew so much verbal diarrhea but in the end they really say absolutely nothing at all about the matter
All the virtue speak out of Comptia. I feel so proud to have an expired A- certificate.
"A-" lol nice
When I took my A+ cert tests in 03.. at something like $150, I don't remember getting any fire wire questions but a fair amount of printing related questions were asked. I'm pretty sure in hardware class fire wire was never a topic.. I still have my old CompTIA books somewhere from back then maybe later ill dig them out and check to see if USB and Fire wire is even covered anywhere in them for more then terminology definitions. I might even have some practice test software on a old floppy disk somewhere, i'd have to figure out where an old USB floppy drive I have is or find a working motherboard that supports the floppy ribbon drives i have still in stacks next to the optical drive stacks to read the floppy disk if i did find my case of disks and bothered to label that disk and never used it for another purpose a decade ago or prior because I'm pretty sure I haven't touched a floppy disk any more recent then that.
Also IT doesn't at all make anyone even close to being capable of the diagnosis and repair of computer devices at the hardware level. It covers what is common knowledge almost today on how to assemble a computer and some now legacy issues about setup of the old BIOS and conflicts between devices. The IT course is a lot more about administration of domains on a windows server environment and physical network deployment in a business setting. You are ready to take the A+ certs after 2 months of classes maybe in a 2 year full time IT course at a trade school. The MCSE and such are the goal and the CompTIA test seems rather pointless as you will be in school for at least 2 years after you take it and will be working to qualify for jobs that don't care about the A+ as you would not be at all capable of work where a MCSE is required with a A+. So yeah, unless your getting a part time job while still at school running backups at night or something where A+ certs were a hiring requirement the A+ is a waste of money.
"It's my first hearing." Never would'a guessed, honey. Don't worry, the voice shakes will level out the more you desensitize yourself to the immorality.
She's not nervous because of morality issues. .she was worried somebody would have a good question. Luckily for her, politicians are stupid and get excited when presented with shiny gifts.
@@debtminer4976 What's the problem if they have a good question? Deflect, mention a future rubust conversation and divert back to another scripted line.
EDIT: I just realized the same people that write the scripts for the Indian scam call centers could make lucrative careers in political lobbying scripts instead.
@@RubixB0y My friend, if you do not purchase the Target gift card I am going to call American police and have you put behind the bars.
@@RubixB0y Easy to do that when nobody's looking and you're experienced. . Another thing being her first time, with way smarter people in the room watching. .. and filming. .
I'm really happy that you addressed that these lobbyists hide behind privacy and security concerns as if there are no other laws/agencies that enforce this across all businesses. I'm looking forward to seeing these lobbyists advocate for new pro-consumer privacy/security laws that increase the liability of their clients, but I might be waiting awhile.
I wish I could avoid CompTia but Government jobs have required it since at least 2012. 😔
Clearly there's a problem with lobbying and lobbyists then. But that's common knowledge.
When you're a contractor for the D.O.D. the job already requires A+ cert but the DOD requires the Continuing Education cert from the A+, which all you have to do is pay them and they renew it. I forgot how much it was but it was BS and I've moved on from that job. I already got A+ certified in 2007
Yep, I feel your pain.
It's not an 8570 requirement.
Sec+ is required for network admin jobs in the DoD. Some even need CYSA which is mind numbing to study for
When I went for my A+, Network+ and MCSA certifications in Florida so many years ago that I don't even remember the date anymore (maybe 2004); the A+ certification had a little more relevance than it does today, since at the time, we still had to deal with IRQs to make sure that our systems were properly configured. Hardware standards were still very varied and the learning curve was much higher. But soon after, knowing about IRQs for computer repair, building and troubleshooting became worthless. Getting my MCP and MCSA were also just as useless, since I had already been using MS Server 2003 i built myself for over a year prior to their certification classes which were still based on w98, XP, NT 2000 and Server 2000. By this time, I had already custom built tens of machines without any prior certification, just tinkering and visiting my local computerCity (later CompUSA, now TigerDirect) store and books (youtube wasn't a thing back then, so book stores and libraries were the preferred learning source). I Feel old haha...
It was thousands of dollars for the company I worked for just for the piece of paper, but as for new knowledge it was mostly useless. I actually learned a lot more during a cheap $50 2-day computer workshop several years earlier, than during the several months for the outdated certifications training sessions. The only certification that to me at the time had true value, was Network+, bundled with A+. Today I continue to do web development and server management, but most of it is self-taught. But today, I still look at those certifications and had I been the one paying for them, I'd have felt really ripped off.
I never bothered to renew any of my certifications, nor do I think I ever will. TP probably has or will have more value, specially if the right to repair is denied.
"CompTIA is a useless organization that gives out useless pieces of paper. I mean literally all those pieces of paper do is get you past non tech-savvy HR departments so you can get a job"
I don't see what part of that isn't useful to me when I'm job-seeking.
This video needs to be archived permanently. The future generations should see stuff like this because fraud is an old old game.
I think the whole Internet has already said what's on my mind regarding this. Except for one...
Is that a Hatsune Miku figure behind the couch?!!
Sold my CompTIA books off after learning this. Thanks Louis. Had no idea CompTIA was so shady.
I'm so happy you have those emotional support kitties.
Louis they are just getting scared it may actually happen this time. Keep it up! Thanks !!
5:53: this level of virtue signaling is absolutely disgusting...
EXACTLY!!! I took a classes because it was required to have the certifications for my job and i got out o the classes thinking no one would come out of the class being able to do any real work.
I think it was back in the 90's when I was looking at the courses CompTIA offered. It didn't take but a little bit of research to see how BS they were. It really amazes me they are still around today and how much influence they have.
Way to many sheep in today's society. But to be fair, the wolves have gotten really good at the clothing they wear.
I am right there with you. I have been holding off on getting my A+ because, 1. I think it is pointless when I have the experience to back up my claim that I don't need to get the cert, and 2. It's an HR only cert. I have been denied a chance to a phone interview solely based on the fact I don't have that cert. But I have a BS in CIT, and I have 4 years + experience. And now you break the news(last video) that they don't support the right to repair.
You could apply this same logic to about 70% of college degrees.
True, that's why I'd rather get the cert even though it's same as a degree. Much less expensive and still serves the purpose of getting me in the door so I can actually start learning through experience
Working for DOD as an Army Contractor - I program Unidata (25+ yr.). Security+ and a couple other certs now required. Don't need it to do my job. What a ripoff!
Groucho Marx: Sincerity is the most important thing. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.
Hiring pretty spokeswomen is a way to communicate sincerity derived from ignorance.
Welcome to certifications systems...all about the money just like Licensing of Doctors, Lawyers ect.
I have done IT my entire life. The crap I had to pass from these clowns to get my two degrees pissed me off. It was utterly useless garbage, as you said, sir. I feel the same way about many other "certifications" out there including ones which expire regularly despite the technology NOT changing. ISA is still on a lot of these tests and the last time I checked my Tandy 2100 was an antique, not a gaming beast today. Are there seriously ISA systems being produced today?
Also, when did you steal my cat? Or did she run away because I got a pair of leopard geckos?
Wait, I see TWO black cats? I must up my game! I only have one...
I am going to share this video.
A LOT of IT jobs require at least an A+, which is insane. I went through both tests 3 times in the time allowed, passed with high scores, and so much of it doesn't even relate to most IT jobs, or are so damn silly it's just asinine it's on a test: "How do you connect a VOIP phone to a network with a computer near by?" FFS.
Do you plug in the cat cable...? Where are they going with that.
Do they have information about pbx server, autoprovisioning, voice vlan? On one hand you just plug it into network, on other hand this could be tricky like unmanaged switches that are just plug and play but you could easily make a loop.
@@HRRRRRDRRRRR Basically it's a diagram question with a CAT cable and you have to draw a line from the PC to the phone and then the phone to the jack.
@@00XNine ... I have no words
@@00XNine That is how it's done in many schools. Its manly because the staff will move there desk so far from the net port that you would have to make two long cables to do it separately.
I have a A+ certification from comptiA, and I learned every on the job, from working on the equipment, comptiA not worth the paper that’s written on!
Dear Louis!
I think there is a critical detail that needs more clarification, since the judges are not tech savvy.
Farming equipment lobbyists keep coming at the judges as if the ability to view a diagnostics screen on the control would be unavoidably and necessarily give the ability to the user to modify core system parameters.
Now that statement, though not being languaged the way i did, they tend to suggest that and being careful to not tell it directly.
Anyone with some grasp on software knows that multiple security layers could easily enable users to look in as deep as i/o panels and individual plc trees of the machine without being able to modify anything in a unwanted or hazardous fashion.
In industrial metal cutting machines that is pretty common now days. i think with some smart software engineering and will on the manufacturers side they could protect their interest and satisfy the will of customers but they don't want this to be legislated for sure, that is why the big willingness so early to provide service information as close as 2021 and basic diagnostics, so they can get away with keeping the software locks to reenable the machines after critical component fail. That is an important secret goal of theirs trust me.
Now it is also important to point out the understanding that there are for sure cases when the machine needs to be locked down via software to prevent operation in a condition when that would cause damage or create dangerous situation. For this kind of errors one really needs PLC or software level lock-down until the error is physically solved. If the lock-down can be put in there why can not they put in a freaking error message or a detailed informing picture sequence so we could know the dangers and would be able to carry out the proper procedure to solve our issue. clearly for the machine re-enabling there can be some elevated security measures like the owner needs to add his authentication to it via smartphone app or something like this. if these could be clarified that would make a big difference.
Ps: Ill post this under a few videos of yours cus i want to make sure you get this, cus i think it has some thing to do with apples claims too... dont you think?
Best regards!
You are fighting the big guys Louis, watch your back and best of luck!
Non-profit so often is used as a tax dodge.
Louis remember this isn’t really about safety or security as in any industry or segment of society now days it’s all about control and the slow ebbing of our freedoms. I’m here at the other end of the state by Buffalo and face the same bs not only in my chosen job but in my daily life. A good example is how they claim it’s all about the consumer. How long did it take you an untrained, unschooled and unlicensed person to master shampoo? In NY it’s 300 hours of practice to be licensed. I go to a barber they can use a razor on your neck and ears but without another requirement they can’t do a hot shave. Did you know you can’t go to a junk yard and buy a radio and replace it anymore without a dealer resetting the anti theft in the computer? And security that’s a big joke look at the IOT devices ask yourself what is the data from your tv, refrigerator, roomba, doorbell, thermostat,smart meter actually used for? Control my friend . Today is 1/29/20 if there is any doubt in people’s minds ponder this the dear leader of NY along with his minions have a new way to protect us all. There is now a $35 permit for residents and $60 for out of state that you must buy if you dare to look up. NY now has a Star Gazing permit Again this proves the point of This is how we got Trump and how he wins in 2020
Glad I never went for the A+ when I had considered it years ago.
What did you do since then?
@@Kylemathews1 worked in IT for about 15 years ... now I work for myself.
The A+ certification gripes my ass, Louis. It DOES ask a lot of questions that are useless or severely dated. With 2 college degrees I do not need it but a lot of employers ask for it. Stupidly expensive as well.
This is the quality of person you get when you hire based on genitals and skin color.
Yeah, Charlie Brown is much better. Don't know what CompTIA was thinking. /s
Yeppers.
Googleisevil GoogleisCancer fuck off asshole she may be wrong but it has nothing to do with her skin color and genitals prick
@@Sar910 I think he meant this is what happens when a company's priorities are completely skewed. Her ideology is the problem, not her skin color. The fact that she buys into that stuff in addition to checking the correct boxes is the reason she has the job. Someone who truly believed in merit wouldn't bring up this irrelevant nonsense because it opens them up to exactly this type of criticism.
@@Sar910 You completely missed the point dude. Her being a black woman has nothing to do with her knowledge or intelligence; the problem is that when in hiring you focus on irrelevant things like this then you can miss people with good merit (because they happen to be the wrong color) or find out that minority people who are interested in applying to your company (so even smaller minority) happen to be less suitable but yet you hire them to show how inclusive your company is
Made a new year's resolution this year to get a cert this year. Was torn between Comptia Network + and RHCSA. Going for red hat, thanks
How else am I going to be certified in A+, Network+, Security+, and Linux+? I'm already in these classes.
@Sasha Kruse Grim lucky
@Sasha Kruse Grim yeah lucky
@Sasha Kruse Grim Good advice. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Keep up the good fight. You are fighting for not only your business but many others and the individual. If I have something break and I want to risk fixing it myself and bricking it further that’s on me. If they were truly worried about privacy and security then these tech companies would stop using and selling the information. It’s F$&@ed up if I have to like in your case get a battery charging case to get a chip out of it to replace a battery in my phone.
COMPTIA certs were never a factor in getting a job. I wasted money and time.
Keep speaking truth to power, Louis!
Her point about there being no "security requirements" is pretty funny coming from someone who represents a company whose entire business is certification. This is like a reverse bribe- "put in requirements for certification and we'll back off as opposition".
Thanks louis, keep fighting.
Louis, can confirm that the A+ exam stuff STILL has firewire questions on it
I just took both tests this month and they did not have anything about firewire on it.
@@sanyo8440 I'm actually studying for the A+ and net+ with mike Myers and nothing about that was mentioned.
@@sanyo8440 I took the 802 series of test (used less than 3 years ago) and that test certainly had several firewire questions on It, it's just the fact that the test has been updated far more in recent years to cut the "IEEE1394" shit.
@@sanyo8440 They did have a lot of usleless stuff in them like firewire and scsi daisy chains and what does every pin on a parallel port do., but they have been updated, but the overall point is still valid , $200 - $400 dollars for a cert that you can learn on the job in 3 months.
I like the questions about gaming computers. Liquid cooling is apparently an essential part.
Couldn't agree more. I'm A+ certified. I the got "lifetime," but have to update certification. I took the exam cold turkey and passed with no trouble at all using nothing more than my own IT experience.
Is there any it certification that’s actually useful if so can you please tell me
If you're looking at Networking: CISCO R&S and Sec are pretty good.
If you're looking at Security: OSCP is best-case, but CEH is also very good.
Barnabus Wut nah CEH is just a vocab test
The CISSP is pretty great if you're trying to get into security and government contracting.
AWS, Microsoft azure if you are looking for cloud certification
Finishing my 4 month study for CompTIA A+, not taking the test, going to phone and laptop repair. Thank You Mike Myers I've enjoyed your book (people please buy legal materials they are worth it).
How come the lobbyist never seem to have their timer running and can talk as long as they want
They bought the Unlimited Talking Points DLC for these sessions so all these robust conversations can happen. $$$
it was off for Louis too in the previous video
Repairs/Service. All of these politicians would be PISSED if they had to take their cars/trucks to the Authorized vehicle dealer for every oil change for $$$ vs. the local shop.
CompTIA doesn't speak for me. I am appalled that organization which certifies people to do what is essentially repair jobs would be sending empty idiot zipperheads to lobby against a right to repair bill. Perhaps I should write a letter.
Very good point about the "So Called Non Profit" companies.
0:20 "They have a certification called the A+, that is one of the most useless pieces of paper on earth." LMAO
Can confirm. Everywhere I've applied couldn't care less that I had one. I've seen more interest in the fact that I worked at Subway in high school.
75$ a yr maintenance fee for that paper
my CompTIA test add a section where we had to ping another machine on the network and it literally had two steps on how to do it right beside the box