Yes hi im new to this forum. My names is Matthew i am 21 years of age and live in California. I am currently going to get enrolled into a program called Education Direct to learn everything i need to know to take a A+ certification test. The thing is i see many mixed reviews on this forum. I can't tell between programmers and or PC reapir technicians. I am wondering if you have a link to where it shows you how certain career fields are doing? Also i would trully just love to be in PC repair not programming. I am very mechanical and love to work on computers. By going for my A+ which i should obtain in 9 months, is this a good idea? Also i see that a lot of you are A+ certified but it seems that the job market is still lack luster. I really just want to get ahold of an A+ degree, take a few college classes in Hardware and slowly progress. I understand you need to start at the bottom rung but is there potential to move up? I have searched for PC repair jobs and people looking for only people to install new harware check for problems etc. Starts at 13 dollars an hour and you have full benefits and its full time. I mean if i can land one of these jobs i would be very happy. Might even find a LAN center and aplly to work there when needed. This is all so far a far off dream but i want to make it reality and i know i will. Just wondering if im headed in the correct direction, seeing that most of the work has been sent to India.