<rant>
I know too many "certified" IT people who can barely tie their own shoes
-- can anyone say MCSE. I am personally turned off by any job that feels
"certifications" are a viable means to judge ones' technical competence.
Most certification tests consist of multiple choice; ergo all one needs
to do is cram, memorize and otherwise force feed the study material, and
"wah-lah" instant certification.
</rant>
I agree that there are a lot of paper-certified computer people out there
with no hands-on experience or, worse yet, people that "think" they know
what they're doing. But no need to stop there; there's certifications in
every vocational field with plenty of "lesser-skilled" individuals in
possession of them. I know plenty of college grads that used the same
method of cramming, memorizing, and force feeding study material to make it
through. In light if this thread, of what value is their degree? I think
certifications and accomplishments are useful tools to build a person's
career and boost personal finances. It also demostrates desire, ability to
achieve, and "ordeal experience". There are plenty of awesomely skilled
bit-pickers that will most likely never catch up to the salary base as some
folks that have inferior skill but also have certificatons, awards,
degrees, etc. It seems that "getting something and knowing how to use it"
have two distinct sides.
Matt Miller
<mmiller1@mptotalc To: slug@nks.net
are.com> cc:
Sent by: Subject: Re: [SLUG] Jobs/FAQs
slug@lists.nks.net
05/07/2002 09:03
AM
Please respond to
slug
On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 18:33, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Just a note: A new job posting on the Jobs page and a couple of new FAQs
> starring... tah dah... Ian Blenke!
>
> Paul
>From the job posting:
"Prefer UNIX and Linux certifications"
<rant>
I know too many "certified" IT people who can barely tie their own shoes
-- can anyone say MCSE. I am personally turned off by any job that feels
"certifications" are a viable means to judge ones' technical competence.
Most certification tests consist of multiple choice; ergo all one needs
to do is cram, memorize and otherwise force feed the study material, and
"wah-lah" instant certification.
</rant>
::getting down off soapbox::
Matt
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