This gets worse and worse.
1) ICCP sent me the prep materials that I paid for, which turns out to be a very poorly programmed exam simulator (sloppy vb) and a bunch of PDFs and Powerpoints. Not impressed.
2) I sent some questions to ICCP using the email address posted on their website. I tried 3 times, no reply. Finally I get a random email from them with the prep materials (which I paid for 2 weeks ago) from another email address entirely and it's an AOL address! They aren't even using their own domain for email.
3) Bird Publications gets more and more interesting. After the Ebay experience, I finally get an email with a link to an FTP with a username a password. I downloaded some things, but after looking inside I'm a bit scared to install this stuff into my pristine computer, so I'm setting up a VM to do it. One of the files was corrupt, so I sent an email to them asking for a new copy. I got an email from 'Floyd Bird', though in his email his name was reversed so it said 'Bird Floyd' and guess what? They don't use their domain name either, he uses a Hotmail address! He said he was 'getting one ready' and would send me a new file. Do they rezip the file for each sale??
4) When I got the email from Bird Floyd, he attached a copy of the new zip, which he said was a 'new load' he included a username/password. I assumed that there was some kind of security on the file. But no, it opened without any password. He also put invalid characters in the password and I'm not sure how that's even possible. Ironically, these are the test prep materials for the SECURITY exam!!! Oh my god!
I have totally lost faith in ICCP and Bird, and I haven't even taken the exams yet. Good thing I am only doing this for the credit. I'll be on the lookout for resumes that have ICCP on them so that I can avoid them, and I certainly won't be adding these exams to my resume!
1) ICCP sent me the prep materials that I paid for, which turns out to be a very poorly programmed exam simulator (sloppy vb) and a bunch of PDFs and Powerpoints. Not impressed.
2) I sent some questions to ICCP using the email address posted on their website. I tried 3 times, no reply. Finally I get a random email from them with the prep materials (which I paid for 2 weeks ago) from another email address entirely and it's an AOL address! They aren't even using their own domain for email.
3) Bird Publications gets more and more interesting. After the Ebay experience, I finally get an email with a link to an FTP with a username a password. I downloaded some things, but after looking inside I'm a bit scared to install this stuff into my pristine computer, so I'm setting up a VM to do it. One of the files was corrupt, so I sent an email to them asking for a new copy. I got an email from 'Floyd Bird', though in his email his name was reversed so it said 'Bird Floyd' and guess what? They don't use their domain name either, he uses a Hotmail address! He said he was 'getting one ready' and would send me a new file. Do they rezip the file for each sale??
4) When I got the email from Bird Floyd, he attached a copy of the new zip, which he said was a 'new load' he included a username/password. I assumed that there was some kind of security on the file. But no, it opened without any password. He also put invalid characters in the password and I'm not sure how that's even possible. Ironically, these are the test prep materials for the SECURITY exam!!! Oh my god!
I have totally lost faith in ICCP and Bird, and I haven't even taken the exams yet. Good thing I am only doing this for the credit. I'll be on the lookout for resumes that have ICCP on them so that I can avoid them, and I certainly won't be adding these exams to my resume!
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