On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 21:25, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
>
> >As a hiring manager, I disregard virtually all certifications and
look
> >at the person applying. If they tell me they love computers and had
a
> >VIC 20/Trash 80/286 growing up and learned everything by being
> >themselves, I am much more likely to hire them than someone who gets
a
> >certification and may, or may not, love what they are doing, than
hire
> >someone who only got their LPI/MSwhatever/RHwhatever certification.
> >
>
> Logan, this method of hiring assumes *you* know enough about the job
to
> be able to choose applicants based on capability. And you do. But Gary
> Grind, recruiter for Dominant, Inc., doesn't know a VIC 20 from a
> DIMM, and if you ask him to find someone with Red Hat knowledge he'll
> look for someone who knows how to dye and shape felt.
>
> So Gary looks for the degree and the certification. They obviously
mean
> someone is qualified to do the job. We know that because Gary has a
> Bachelor's in Obfuscation Discombobulation from the University of
South
> Antartica, and has a plaque on his office wall next to his college
> diploma that proclaims him to be a Certified Resume OCR Screening
> Software Operator.
Ahhhhh... Now obfuscation is replaced with elucidation. Please shoot me
on sight if I digress to such a state.
The Logan
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