A+ Certified, Again

On Friday I passed the A+ 220-602 (IT Technician) exam which completes WGU’s IT Fundamentals III course. So now I’m an A+ certified technician for the second time. The first time was in 1994, as I explained in a previous blog entry.

Sayonara Silver

It’s official. I’ve been laid off and am now unemployed. The silver refinery I’ve been with for the last 13 1/2 years has closed its doors. Actually, the whole thing was official last Friday, but I call today the official day because I just received my severance check in the mail. That check seems to carry with it a sense of finality. And so, the job hunt has begun and must soon begin in earnest.

Making Progress

Well, I’ve completed my first three courses (Education Without Boundaries, IT Fundamentals I, and IT Fundamentals II) at Western Governor’s University. Along with the last two courses, I passed two computer industry exams (CIW v5 Associate and CompTIA A+ Essentials). I hopefully will finish my fourth course (IT Fundamentals III) tomorrow by passing the CompTIA A+ Technician exam. I’m already an A+ certified computer technician, but my certification is 15 years old, so WGU said I had to redo it. Following tomorrow’s exam (assuming I pass), I’ll have one more class for this semester (a JavaScript class). Since WGU allows students to accelerate their studies, if I get through this JavaScript course in a timely fashion then I may add one more course to this semester’s load.