Well, I do agree that there are many disreputable shops out there. There are also many incompetents that see the 'big money' out there. I have not seemed to find much of that because I am the rare 'Honest Joe'. If they need a video card, that's what I fix. If they have a virus I clean it.
The problem with regulation is that it doesn't really fix much. It just costs. Most repair shops that cheat now will cheat when regulated too. I have been troubleshooting, repairing, and building systems for 20 years now. I haven't taken the time to get certified. I don't doubt that I could pass the test, I just haven't had the need. I have more work than I can handle.
By the way, I have interviewed and hired college trained, and certified, individuals that couldn't do squat! I have followed behind one company that charged $33,000 to install some new servers in a WAN using 2000 Advanced Server. They claimed to be certified. Certifiable is more like it. It was a mess! DHCP scopes were wrong, DNS was wrong! WINS was wrong. Security sucked! One domain even had the wrong subnet mask set. It seems that if you pays your money, you gets the paper. It hasn't sold me on certification, and especially not on regulation.
Just one man's humble opinion, of course.
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Well, I do agree that there are many disreputable shops out there. There are also many incompetents that see the 'big money' out there. I have not seemed to find much of that because I am the rare 'Honest Joe'. If they need a video card, that's what I fix. If they have a virus I clean it. The problem with regulation is that it doesn't really fix much. It just costs. Most repair shops that cheat now will cheat when regulated too. I have been troubleshooting, repairing, and building systems for 20 years now. I haven't taken the time to get certified. I don't doubt that I could pass the test, I just haven't had the need. I have more work than I can handle. By the way, I have interviewed and hired college trained, and certified, individuals that couldn't do squat! I have followed behind one company that charged $33,000 to install some new servers in a WAN using 2000 Advanced Server. They claimed to be certified. Certifiable is more like it. It was a mess! DHCP scopes were wrong, DNS was wrong! WINS was wrong. Security sucked! One domain even had the wrong subnet mask set. It seems that if you pays your money, you gets the paper. It hasn't sold me on certification, and especially not on regulation. Just one man's humble opinion, of course.