Re: [seul-edu] Open Source Applications Certification

[Randy Edwards <redwards@golgotha.net>]

   This point hit home hard.

> students in the door.  What concerns me is that "certification-mania" is
> starting to be seen as a substitution for an education, and that's just sad.
   I agree wholeheartedly.  It's sad that someone with a stamp from a 
certification agency is worth more than someone with a compsci bachelor's.  To 
me, a certification makes sense for some sort of highly specialized work (e.g. 
security) but for general system administration or programming, it's a poor 
excuse for a real education.

   Story time! :-)  I applied for a job once which listed an MCSE as a 
requirement.  I knew I didn't have an MCSE, but I had one back in the NT4 days 
and taught many Windows courses at the college level.  I figured than an 
"expired" MCSE, a master's in IT, and fifteen or so years of experience would 
suffice.  The interview, was, well, interesting.  Despite other parameters 
(money, job responsibilities, experience, etc.) being a match, it was clear 
that I wasn't going to even be considered without an active MCSE.  We both 
agreed to end the interview, and I left thanking God because I didn't want to 
work for a company that numb.

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