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Apple Certs

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What's the [H]ard opinion on Apple Certs? In particular Apple's Help Desk Specialist Certification. Some background info on me; I currently work support where I have to deal with Macs, in particular networking and express cards and the troubleshooting that goes along with those two areas. I'm okay at working with macs, I'm just wondering if it's worth it and what everyone's take on it.
 
Will your company pay for it? Will you get a raise when you finish? I have been debating going for some windows and mac certs but if you are already doing the work what is some paper going to do for you. Unless your are thinking about switching jobs i don't think it will help that much.
 
I'm not sure about today's Apple Certs. I'm an old-school Apple Certified Tech from back in the 90's where you had to travel to Charlotte NC to do all the training in the Lab.

I have every cert Apple listed back then. It was VERY expensive.

If it consists mainly of online courses/exams, sure. Why not. It can't cost anywhere near the thousands and thousands we spent back when...
 
I'm of the opinion that you should get any cert that your company is paying for.
 
valve1138 said:
I'm of the opinion that you should get any cert that your company is paying for.
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Generaly speaking yes I agree with this as long as the company's payback policy is not that bad if you quit before a certain time.

My apple certs expired a while ago and I have had no reason to renew them personaly. If I need them again I'll go get them again. The tests were not hard.
 
Just depends where you live and how much apple work your expecting. Plus, if the company is paying for it, i say do it anyway. I have a few useless Cisco Certs because my boss needed them and paid for the tests and my time to study for them. However, they don't do any good outside of my current company. (Cisco partner specific certs)
 
My boss will probably laugh if I try to get them to pay for it. We have around 12 techs here. Everyone turns to me for quick help whenever we have a Mac issue and I just figured if I'm going to be giving advice I'd better know what I'm talking about. I actually want to get a couple different certs this year, low level since I'm new in IT.

Apple Certified Support Professional - $200 Exam
CompTIA A+ IT Technician - $ 175
CompTIA Network + - $ 230
Red Hat Certified Technician (if it weren't so expensive) - $400

About a thousand plus books and whatever I need to throw together a lab. Hopefully Uncle Sam is nice with my tax returns.
 
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