Articles about certifications
The PMP exam has a 40–50% first-attempt pass rate, and most people who fail cite the same thing: they studied project management theory instead of studying how.
Read More »You've led projects for three years. Your LinkedIn says "project manager." But when a Fortune 500 company posts a senior PM role requiring PMP certification,...
Read More »The 35 contact hours of project management education required to sit for the PMP exam cost $300–$2,000 at most commercial training providers. Before you pay...
Read More »CompTIA issues over 700,000 certifications a year, and every single one — Security+, A+, Network+, CySA+, CASP+, all of them — is delivered through one testing.
Read More »Walk into any IT hiring conversation and CompTIA A+ shows up on the requirements list. It appears on roughly 1 in 5 entry-level IT job postings, and hiring...
Read More »The CompTIA PenTest+ certification is a mid-level credential designed for cybersecurity professionals who want to specialize in penetration testing and ethical.
Read More »Before spending $300–$500 on a CompTIA A+ prep course, most candidates discover the same thing: Professor Messer gives away his entire video course for free....
Read More »Search any IT subreddit or Discord server for CompTIA A+ advice and the same name appears in nearly every reply: Professor Messer. His free video series has...
Read More »The CompTIA A+ All-in-One Exam Guide has outsold every other IT certification prep book in its category for over two decades. It's written by Mike Meyers....
Read More »The CompTIA A+ exam voucher costs $253. Official training from CompTIA-authorized partners runs $1,500 to $2,000. A Udemy course covering the same material...
Read More »The CompTIA Security+ certification typically costs between $370 and $600, depending on whether you're purchasing just the exam or a full training package that.
Read More »About 40% of first-time CompTIA Security+ candidates don't pass on their first attempt—a figure that surprises people who assume an entry-level cert is a...
Read More »CompTIA certifications are vendor-neutral, which means they travel with you regardless of whether your employer runs Cisco, Microsoft, or AWS infrastructure....
Read More »The CompTIA A+ exam costs $253 per attempt. Most people who walk in underprepared pay that twice. This guide covers what each CompTIA certification actually...
Read More »The Pentest+ certification, officially known as CompTIA PenTest+, is a mid-level cybersecurity credential designed for IT professionals who want to specialize..
Read More »Search "CompTIA A+ course" anywhere online and Mike Meyers shows up within the first few results. His Udemy course has hundreds of thousands of enrolled...
Read More »The CompTIA Network+ exam costs $399 out of pocket. For someone pivoting into IT or finishing a community college program, that's a real obstacle — not a...
Read More »You've been unofficially managing IT rollouts for 18 months — tracking timelines in spreadsheets, coordinating vendors, writing status updates no one asked you.
Read More »Mike Meyers has sold over a million copies of his CompTIA A+ certification guide — more than any other author in the cert's history. That's not a marketing...
Read More »The Network+ cert costs $369 per attempt, has a passing score of 720 out of 900, and the most common reason people fail it isn't technical gaps — it's...
Read More »The CySA+ exam voucher costs $392 USD through CompTIA's store as of 2026. That's the number most people are searching for, so let's start there — then cover...
Read More »Mike Meyers has sold over 1.5 million copies of his CompTIA A+ All-in-One books. That's not a marketing stat — that's a signal about what the self-taught IT...
Read More »Roughly 1.4 million people hold an active CompTIA A+ certification — more than any other vendor-neutral IT credential. That number matters because employers...
Read More »The average Help Desk Technician salary jumps about $8,000–$12,000 once CompTIA A+ appears on a resume—not because the cert is magic, but because it's a...
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