CompTIA A+

This week I managed to take a CompTIA A+ exam. It was tough. During the course preceeding it I got the following negative reflections about it:

• the system with English learning books and English examinations in Sweden counteracts the Swedish immigrants integration into the Swedish society — Swedish examinations should be in Swedish,
• the so called computer terminology (jargon) is the worst linguistic mess imaginable, where brands are confused with technology solutions, and there's no distinctions between adapters, adapted wires/connections, or technology, everything termed with three letter abbreviations,
• one cannot explain problems to the customers using the "established" computer jargon — there's a very distinct need to educate computer professionals in presentation techniques for customers and end users.

The course itself then? Well, pretty different from university courses. I learnt a lot about the basics that is important for a computer professional. The coverage was PC and basic Windows from a problem solving perspective, but not so much about the fundamental workings of the computer and the operating system. There was nothing about Linux – that's another cram course.