Hi everyone! Welcome to our group on Skool.com. My name is David Freund and I serve as President of BrainBuffet.com. If you are like me, you are continually looking for opportunities to advance your skillsets. Here at BrainBuffet, we focus on hiring industry leading educators and professionals to develop courseware focused on earning industry certifications. We are continually updating our curriculum offerings as certification exams and softwares are updated. We call this the "BrainBuffet Evergreen" model which ensures you are receiving updates as aligned with industry certifications. Here's some helpful information so you can hit the ground running. #1 - Practice makes perfect. Iteration and time within software is where you will gain profecciency. For example, if you are working towards gaining certification within Adobe Photoshop, we highly suggest you get yourself access to Photoshop on your machine so you can work within the software as follow along with our video tutorials. Take your time and make sure you are fully comfortable with each lesson before moving on to the next as the curriculum builds off of itself in the form of project based learning. #2 - Set yourself a goal and timeline to get certified. Certification exams will be proctored by Pearson. I recommend setting a timeline for yourself and go ahead and book your exam so you hold yourself accountable to complete the courseware. There are several options for taking the exam which includes going to a Pearson Testing Center or getting a virtual proctoring service so you can take the exam in the comfort of your own home (or on the road if you're more nomadic). I'll be posting more information soon on how to purchase exam vouchers and remote proctoring services. #3 - Simulated Practice Exams are super helpful. Imagine you can see the formatting and the types of questions before sitting for the real thing. That what our friends and partners over at GMetrix help us with. We've been working with GMetrix and Certiport for over a decade to craftfully design courseware to ensure student success.