Have you passed S+ using only Professor Messer?

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Have you passed S+ using only Professor Messer?
A lot of the material should be review for me, so I'm hoping not to spend $60 on a book.
A lot of the material should be review for me, so I'm hoping not to spend $60 on a book.
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Worth every single penny so far.
However, Darril's Book could be bought for pretty cheap and that alone is def enough to pass the exam.
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Greedy bas______.
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CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide: Darril Gibson: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
It was a very well spent $10. It was all I needed to pass.
Obtaining for: CCNA
Certification Goals: Linux+
Times may be tough and I don't know your financial situation or if you just want to pay as little money as possible since you will need to pay the annual CE fees but from someone who took this path this is what I can tell you.
I used Darril's book and passed with flying colors. I also used a test exam bank which really helped me. I know of 2 other friends who took the exam and thought that since they had 12+ years in InfoSec (and I would reccommend them to work on my network) they would breeze through the exam. They both failed.
Pay the money and study if you value obtaining the certification and want to learn something. In most cases you may need more than one resource to pass an exam. Going on the cheap does not pay in the long run.
Good Luck!!!!
I'm ordering the book tonight. With the dollar at par, there's no need for the cost of books to be so much higher in Canada. I would love to not purchase it online and send a message to the companies that this type of pricing is not acceptable.
I intend to sell the book on Kijiji after I'm done with it, which should be before the end of December.
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It's interesting that the US price is $36.99 discounted on the US Amazon site to $26.63 but the Canadian price is listed as $37.13 with no discount.
In contrast, the SSCP book has a US price of $59.99 discounted to $31.50 on the US Amazon site and the Canadian price is listed as $54.95 and is discounted to $34.45.
The only difference I can identify is that I self-published the Security+ book through CreateSpace (a subsidiary of Amazon) while the other book is published through McGraw-Hill. I'm not sure who's getting that extra money, but it's not me. Perhaps Jeff Bezos and his investors. Due to a variety of reasons (and this just adds one more), I'll be publishing the book through another printer/distributor the next time.
At any rate, good luck with the exam no matter what materials you use.
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Thanks for writing, Darril. Your book obviously has many great reviews, which for me is very important.
The pricing issue brings up a whole new car of worms. There's a reason Canadian spend billions per year across the border.
Good luck with your next adventure.
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