I'm thinking about testing for the A+ certification within the next few months. How many of you are certified? Is it worth it?

Also any helpful advice, and study resources would be appreciated.

This might be biased:

I studied for it for 8 months then failed the first test (by a small margin). Then I stopped studying for it. It's an inch thick and a mile wide: In other words it's easy but theres alot of info you gotta memorize and and your brain needs to become a giant storage device.

I would recommend going for cisco certs or microsoft certs or something because they'd be more recognized/ distinguished so to speak.

A+ isn't exactly the most amazing certification around, alot of people think it's stupid. I think it's overrated. Anyone can fix a computer. Why memorize the different fire extinguishers and what to do when someone is being electrocuded? Those should be a different test.

Theres alot of good resources and books out there--and alot of bad ones. Some books prepare you, some don't properly prepare you. Visit forums, ask questions, ask about what are the best books.

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Oh and the structure is somthing like this:
Test 1: Required
Test 2: 1 of 3 options depending on which A+ Cert you want

There's no harm in getting it but I personally feel that it's a waste of time & money. I've worked in the computer repair industry for 5 years & I never bothered getting certified. I don't know many employers that take it seriously anymore. Most people realize that the vast majority of people that are taking the test are simply memorizing everything & ultimately have no idea what they're doing. The A+ is sort of the ***-end of certifications. I've had the misfortune of working with dozens of people with fancy certifications & very few of them are worth a ****.