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Since it seems to be a popular topic.....
My take is simple. Certification is useful to those without practical
real world experience. It makes it easier to get your foot in the door.
Once you've gotten in, you can start building your real life experience.
Employers view it as some kind of assurance that you know enough about
a given thing to be employable. After a certain point, the value of your
real life work experiences will outweigh a certification. That point
will vary, but eventually it will happen. At least thats how it seems
to me.
J.
I. I have to survive. Just to stay alive.
On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Tracy Nelson wrote:
> root wrote:
> >
> > Hey Michael et. al.,
> > I too have taken M$ certifications, and IMNSHO, they are niether as simplistic
> > as Nick's description, nor are they even vaguely comprehensive as you seem to
> > stipulate.
> > I don't want to drag this thread into a long debate on the validity of m$
> > certs., but I will reiterate. Certifications *should* be to determine the best
> > of the best, not what they are now.
>
> Hmmm, not sure I agree with this. Certification should prove that the
> person posessing the certificate knows the subject covered under the
> certification. It's not a watershed, separating the top N percent.
>
> Personally, I'd like to see gradients within certificates. I.e., a "red
> level" certificate means that the holder scored in the top 2 percent,
> with a "blue level" indicating that the person had scored in the top
> five percent, etc. Kind of like a GPA.
>
> Q: What do they call someone who graduates at the bottom of their class
> in med school?
> A: Doctor.
>
> Just junk food for thought...
>
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