Is there like a test that I can take to have some technological credentials? I remember a couple years ago someone mentioning a test they took that they said was worth it.

I live in the US and I'm hoping to get some credentials for some work later and college.

Microsoft certified IT stuff. Although (No offense) they may be a bit too advanced (And iirc you have to be supervised by an official or something).
and for scripting/programming: w3 schools certification.

There is also Certiport where you can get certified in stuff like Microsoft applications, IC3, and Adobe applications. I used it through my school and got certified in IC³ Computing Fundamentals and IC³ Living Online. Can't fudgeing remember my login shizzle, though..

That IC3 one looks like just what I was looking for.

Does it need to be in a classroom or can I just test out of it? And I guess I'd have to go to like a community college or something to take it (my school doesn't support it).

Not sure. I just told my teacher I wanted to get certified and he's like okay. If I wouldn't have passed it first time, I would have had to pay, but I passed so I got for free.

But uh, looking at the Certiport website, you can find a place to take a test. I'm assuming a college or even a high school.

Oh, very cool. Yea closest is a community college, I'll go to that.

Thanks for the info, really appreciate it.

Microsoft Certified is not shizzle to get if your tech knowledgeable I could get certified if I wanted.

You can always do both, W3 Schools is free as far as i know, and you can do it in your own time.

I'm looking at the HTML Certification exam and it is $75.

Oh right, missed that. Kind of stupid, don't you think? It's a test, it's not as if they go out of their way every time somebody takes it, and since they have the source code for it already there's no way they have to put an effort in each time. It's just like MS, they have the source code for OSs and it's fantastically east to make millions of copies for next to nothing, but they put like a 20000% higher price tag on it than it deserves.

They charge a price for it because they need to make revenue to offset the costs of developing it. This means they need money to pay their employees. The price is up for dispute, but to say they should give it for free is just crazy talk, at least in this society. For the W3C and other organizations, you're not paying for the test itself. You're paying for the accreditation that comes with the organization. If I made up a test and offered it for free, which would you be happier displaying on your resume - my certificate or W3C's?

@ Red, which area are you interested in most? If you're considering a career in the vast area of networking, the CCNA should definitely (and often required for jobs and degrees) be looked into. It's also a good idea to consult a tech professor at a local college or university. Some of them offer the ability to test on site. At the least, they'll provide more details in the tests available.

I'm interested mostly in hardware and like software problems.

And is there like something I can take without a course? The IC3 course costs over $2000...

I understand this, and i never said they should do it for free. I just think that all software such as this is overpriced, since it's so easy (in fact, no effort is involved in most cases) to duplicate the source for everybody individually. It must cost Microsoft like 3 cence per disk (probably less), then hire people to burn it, and then to print the decals on the disk and manufacture the packaging. All in all per disk it should be $10 or $20, which considering how many people buy it and how many more people would is more than enough to pay the developers, but they charge from $80 to $300 for it, just to cram their pockets with money they aren't ever going to spend. How many more people would get it the certificate was $10 or $20? Five, ten times as many? I think so. It would help them to get money if they lowered the price, and more people would benefit from it in the mean time. $75 is £50, and for that i could get several pieces of hardware, or anything else that actually costs to make. It's the principle of the thing.

And red, try here: http://www.expertrating.com/jobs/Internet-...eloper-jobs.asp

But if you don't want to do a course then your best bet is probably W3 Schools, if you could somehow get somebody else to pay for it