Thought I take a break from my studies and introduce myself like everyone else has in the forums. Took the 801 yesterday and passed with 809/900 and scheduled 802 for tomorrow. Took a week to go over both tests, felt very confident despite scheduling so close as I have been using pcs and configuring basic to advanced consumer hardware for well over 18+ years. Hell I felt old when the pulled out the IDE and AGP questions. -_-
About Me:
I recently fell in to the dreaded but much appreciated realization of almost hitting the "30" mark and realized I hate my career
! Life as an accountant was simply too boring for my taste and became too much of a hassle with ever increasing difficulty of dealing with multiple agencies.. Federal, State, Local, Labor Department, Unemployment Department of the Labor Department, the list went on and on, worse when you deal with multiple states as well. Not to mention pay was not as great. Even with my Enrolled Agent license and working self-employed I never truly felt in charge. Possibly going for the CPA and going in to the corporate world also did not look as favorable in terms of workload and pay. It became obvious I was not happy and that I should take a chance in to something else I always wanted to.
I always worked with computers for most of my life. Since I was a kid my first PC was a gateway Pentium when windows 95 yet to exist, and my first pc I got to tinker with was a Gateway 2000 with a Pentium 2 - 400mhz
. Since then I have used computers ever since. I have also been heavily involved as the IT guy in my firm from handling day to day issues, server maintenance, light to basic network support, and printer maintenance for over 10+ years as well giving me the experience I needed.
I got into to Accounting through my Father running his own firm, like most kids influenced by parents I felt the need to takeover the family business. Went for my Bachelors and shortly after took the EA exam, CPA changes required the Master/or more credits which I refused to pay even more $$ for as is. Forward to today and I regret not taking the more logical path in my life. Going through the A+ topics as I read and I feel like at home, most of it being basic stuff for anyone using computers for multiple years. Some topics, while redundant in some areas due to age of tech covered, definitely touched on areas I need to study further in. However, with the practice tests online, CertMaster, and online videos I feel like I can nail this A+ - 802 tomorrow. If not I'll put in another week and iron out the sections I need work in.
There that's my story and now back to my studies and cramming.
(FYI not sure but typing on the site is giving me a hard time, feel like I have to go half the normal speed when typing or characters aren't registered. Anyone else experience that?)
