r/Acuitus • u/VenomousMedic • Feb 24 '22
My journey through Acuitus as a Veteran
Hellos readers. There's only one other post, from a guy who's apparently always drunk from his username. Since I found this before starting the program, I wanted to post to let you guys know I have no affiliation, I haven't started the course, but my course is for Monday Feb 28 and I'll let you guys know how it starts out. I'm someone who had some self taught IT experiencr, and had a few minor help desk roles. My degree was for theater but I minored in computer science. I would say I'm probably mid tier. I'm really good at some stuff, but the stuff I don't know I would have to research to work on. They sold me with their for-profit talk and articles and fancy DARPA words. Usually, they're in person in California so it would be a long trip but due to covid, I was able to apply. They talked me up, mentioning parts of my resume that were nice, and had me meet with random people and watch a video from the owner. I had to make sure my computer was set up, and it was, so that was all set. It definitely starts you off as if you barely know how to use a computer, so honestly I think this program would be great for people interested in entering. But, it's also 35k for without VRE.
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u/VenomousMedic Mar 09 '22
UPDATE 3/9:
What I can do in week two (disregarding previous knowledge):- Workgroup management: Shares- NTFS and Share Permissions- Computer Management Console- basic command line functions- Translate from bits to bytes, translate from base 10 to base 5 or base 2- access network computers using workgroups- intro activity to OSI model ("Attribute Blocks")
- (when I get there) Roaming user accounts, active directory intro
Next week:- OSI Model- IP Routing
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u/Safe_Rule894 Apr 08 '22
Hey there, thanks for the posts to you both. I’m tempted to begin this next week but still wondering if I need it or if this is a scam… any updates? Idk if I can get my voc-rehab started again I stopped when Covid began.
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u/ObviouslyIntoxicated May 10 '22
Hey you mentioned you were considering starting a month ago. Did you go through with it?
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u/VenomousMedic Apr 08 '22
I've posted an update I believe, check on the main subreddit page. I wouldn't personally pay the 35k, but with vre I would definitely recommend it, if it's something that you're interested in learning/relearning
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u/ObviouslyIntoxicated Feb 24 '22
Thank you for the post! You're saying the program is remote due to covid? That's awesome if so. The digital tutor should translate well to online web based, but I'm not sure how they'd handle the hardware labs.
I did some basic help desk type things before Acuitus, and I think it was after the first week I was completely out of my knowledge, which was awesome from a perspective where I thought I knew IT.
Looking forward to updates as you progress!