mayorredbeard
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Well me and my friend had this great idea of starting an IT business. We'll make house calls, and business calls for companies that aren't big enough to have a dedicated person for IT.
We got the idea when my old boss called me up and said he had an emergency, (it was about 12:30am on a Wednesday night), and he said he'd give me $100 if I came down and checked it out, and another $100 if I fixed it. Turns out he had some corrupted data, and I had to restore it from him from an earlier save point he made on a tape disc. So I got the great idea of making a 24/7 tech support business, for those calls that come inconveniently after most people stop making business calls. This of course on top of making regular day calls.
I'm only 18, and my partner is 19. We know quite a lot about computers, but I feel like I should get some certification first though. Here are my questions:
- I know about A+ certification, but I've also heard of people saying it doesn't do much. Should I bother with this certification?
- I know that CompTIA (the company that puts out the A+ test) makes tests for Networking, Security, and Servers. Should I get these certifications too?
We got the idea when my old boss called me up and said he had an emergency, (it was about 12:30am on a Wednesday night), and he said he'd give me $100 if I came down and checked it out, and another $100 if I fixed it. Turns out he had some corrupted data, and I had to restore it from him from an earlier save point he made on a tape disc. So I got the great idea of making a 24/7 tech support business, for those calls that come inconveniently after most people stop making business calls. This of course on top of making regular day calls.
I'm only 18, and my partner is 19. We know quite a lot about computers, but I feel like I should get some certification first though. Here are my questions:
- I know about A+ certification, but I've also heard of people saying it doesn't do much. Should I bother with this certification?
- I know that CompTIA (the company that puts out the A+ test) makes tests for Networking, Security, and Servers. Should I get these certifications too?