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Taken from the CompTIA IT Fundamentals Exam Guide book (2nd edition, published 2021). I'm not sure if they fixed this in newer versions, if at all.

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[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CompTIA is a scam. No job that's worth a shit will require it.

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not disagreeing about it being a scam but the government uses Sec+ as an IAT level 2 requirement. Helps meet some contract requirements.

[–] Ocelot@lemmies.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

have you... seen the state of IT and technology in general in the government? I mean actually that explains a lot.

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I'm just saying that government contracts == money and so my point is that while Comptia may be (read: most definitely is) a scam/racket it can make a person eligible for a paycheck. Agreed that it doesn't mean they're competent.

[–] Ocelot@lemmies.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not entirely. It makes it easy to filter out the kind of applicants that would put that on their resume. Very useful for hiring managers. Saves lots of time.