There are 15  user Comments for “Apple Readies ACSA 10.3 Exams for "Spring" Release”
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| 3/10/04: Becky Nagel from Editor, CertCities.com says: |
CORRECTION: In the original version of this story, the upgrade exam was priced at $100. According to Apple, the $100 price was a typo on their Web site. The story has been updated to state the actual price of the upgrade exam, $150. |
| 3/10/04: Patrick from Toms River, NJ says: |
From what I've been told by a couple Apple trainers, there are only about 50 ACSA's in the country and only about 15 of which don't work for Apple. Hopefully, I'll be number 51 :) |
| 3/10/04: avi from Miami Beach says: |
I am taking teh 10.3 Server course next week. So hope tha I can be 52 or 53 behind Patrick. |
| 3/10/04: MacMan from somwhere... says: |
Good luck taking the 10.3 server class there, avi, it isn't even to the beta stage yet at Apple's training center. The client class went through beta testing last week and should be out to the public in the next week or two. The 50 number on ACSAs refers to the quantity under 10.1, when there were 5 exams required. It's been 2 exams since Jaguar and that number has increased substantially. |
| 3/11/04: Matt from Fort Worth, TX says: |
Who cares? My customers don't care. My 19 years of experience with Apple products is what customers care about. And, with less than a 2% worldwide market share now, and even lower with the server products, why bother? |
| 3/11/04: MacMan from somewhere says: |
Matt, you may not be interested in the cert, but there is a lot of good content in the classes. I think you'd find yourself picking up many useful tools from the classes. The client class is strong. The server class is very Unix-y & fully command-line driven. For an old Mac hand, they'd give you a lot of new tools for the new Unix environment that would make your job a lot easier. |
| 3/11/04: Terminator from Alexandria, VA says: |
Matt, don't be dumb. A majority of high level Mac positions look for Apple certifiication. Experience counts but the ACSA can get you into a lot of doors so don't bother discouraging your competition. |
| 3/11/04: Someone from Someplace says: |
Not sure if I agree...many employers laugh at certifications, especially the Mac ones. There is absolutely no substitute for experience and a healthy batch of recommendations from pleased supervisors. Case in point - we hired a guy with A+ certification, and he interviewed well, but he had no idea how to interact with people professionally and ended up doing very inappropriate things on the job. We were happy to be rid of him as it affected our department's reputation. Personally, I think certification is "icing on the cake" for an already successful employee. |
| 3/11/04: Anonymous says: |
Think about it from a corporate perspective. You need to support your Mac users, but finding a Mac sysadmin has been tough. Send your IT admins to this, get 'em certified. Now your organization can support Macs. If you take a wider view than your own career path, you might see value. |
| 3/12/04: ExitToShell from TN, USA says: |
I just became Apple Desktop Certified Technician and Mac OS X 10.3 Help Desk Specialist (9L0-400). Not sure which exams are coming, but the Desktop was current up to the G5 and AirPort Extreme. The Mac OS X Help Desk cert technically doesn't replace the old requirement until April 1st. Obviously it is currently available as I just took it yesterday (and passed). My only gripe is that some of the questions are rather ambiguous in their wording i.e. "Pick the best answers that apply." Well shoot, who determines the best answer? Experienced Mac users or Apple test writers? I guess I have another $300 to find to take these tests too. Already spent nearly $1000 so far on what I got now. |
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