r/CompTIA • u/deliriousfoodie • 21h ago
I Passed! Hello Again. Days later I'm SecAI+ Certified. 4 Certs in One Month.
Hello again Friends!
It's me. I'm back. Days later, I out of the blue decided to take out SecAI+ for fun. That makes it 4 certs in one month. Probably the end of the road, i don't need much else. SecAI is basically useless, but in the real world, marketing is more important than the actual output, I thought i'd get it just so my resume stands out. Oh this guy is cutting edge! (For someone about as old as the very first Apple Macintosh computer!).
My study material:
- Udemy course with CertMike
- Study guide by the same guy, Mike Chappel
- Homemade flashcards from corn flakes cereal box.
- Make notes highlighting exact keywords of definition. This brainwashing works, sorta like keyword propaganda does on the news but those keywords is what's on the test. Also highlight keywords on the test as you read the test, so as you think and read through the answers, you're less likely to get it wrong, because you saw the keyword you highlighted then oh shit! suddenly remembered that's right, rather than fooled by enticing options that is very related.
For Example:
- Cheese = coagulated milk bricks
- Stinky Cheese = Blue
- Orange Cheese = Cheddar
- Hole Cheese = Swiss
- My Armpits = Smells like cheese
- DNS Record = records stored on authoritative DNS Server
- A Record = Name to IP record
- C Name = Alias
My thoughts:
Was it hard? Yeah, but how do you gauge hard? Ya'll have no idea how hard video games were back in the day. A few hit points gone and you're dead, no such thing as save points yet. Imagine playing Mario end to end and if you die mid way that's it, start over. That's how i see these tests. It doesn't have a save point. If you want life on hard mode, try fixing a car, or drive somewhere far and new, but before the internet, and poor. In this modern world when you have digital everything and instant everything, how the hell do you fail? Since ya'll ask for tips, go live as if you're third world. Life might be too comfy. Be Arnold Schwarzenegger, not plastic parts from Temu.
My Diet:
I have to say. When I was in high school and a broke ass I never ate well because, poor, eating instant ramen. I think my performance has to do with how I eat and sleep. No alcohol. No junk food. No fast food. Everything made from scratch. Nothing made by a machine or survives on a shelf longer than a few days except canned but minimally processed like sardines or fermented like cheese, just not chemically lab preserved like a 20 year old fast food burger that's still in tact. Yes I eat a hell lot of cheese and sardines and they contain high fat, which is what you're brain is made of. Not promoting any cult diets, just saying, mental and health performance has a lot to do with fuel.
Any suggestions?
i don't recommend this cert unless you already stacked and jacked. this is not a priority at all, regular sec+ is way more important.
But, you said you were done last time. Really, what's next?
Very itching for cloud. But i'm really not trying to make this a race. If i do it i intend to study this one slowly. Brain is kind of exhausted to be honest, so I'll likely not do more.
Why?
Really, it's mostly because gas prices went wayyyy up. I'm stuck in a chair. Might as well do something. Ya'll can be angry about it because the news said to be angry, or actually do something productive. I used to bike everywhere in 2008 era because economy was so crap, i'll do it again if i have to, it was actually quite fun, turning it into lifestyle, that was hipster era. Comfy life leads to laziness. Fight harder.
