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Education and Certifications
My belief is theses have 2 distinct puposes.
* A college degree should show that you have learned the theory behind everything. For example with programming, how to develop proper algorithms before coding begins. Or principles of data transfer, packets, OSI Layers, etc in networking.
* A Certification should show specific knowledge about a particular application, platform, or vendor poduct. For example, how to do PL/SQL in Oracle 9 DBMS.

I believe that the best thing would to get the degree, and then a few certifications in opposing areas (For SAs - 1 MS, 1 Unix based) afterward.
{Won shood also no good writting skils.}

Sometimes the preference by an employer between higher formal education and certification depends upon the situation:
If someone had a B.S. in Networking / System Administration, but had never touched anything other than MS OSs... I would prefer someone with an A.A.S. in C.S. and a Unix Cert over the first person if it was a Unix only shop.

Either way, I would go with SOME type of formal learning experience. The IT industry was in great demand a few years ago. Due to that, anyone that read a "----- for Dummies" book could get a job. The industry is not so fat these days.
ARE there some out there that "learned it all on their own", and do well? Yes. But let's say you needed heart surgery and the Doctor said "I didn't actually GO to school, but I read a lot of books about it, and I've done a couple of these." How would you feel???
Posted by: SC-man   Posted on: 04/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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AndAlso  rapson | 04/27/04
False sense of security  Chad_z | 04/27/04
Plus many MSCE's can't do the work.  maxo_z | 04/27/04
No need to even memorize the questions  voska | 04/27/04
No help as long as bean-counters exist  AbsolutelyNot | 04/27/04
many of the best developers I know  V Sanders | 04/28/04
That's because 'professionalism' can't be certified  escoles@... | 04/28/04
Offshoring jobs = Cheap-o wages bottom line  Enterprise Analyst | 04/28/04
As far as I'm concerned...  dpayne@... | 04/28/04
Redhat certified can't do the work either  Enterprise Analyst | 04/28/04
Not a microsoft bash- it was a MSCE bash.  maxo_z | 04/28/04
RHCE  SC-man | 04/29/04
Certification  Tinkerer62 | 05/06/04
I don't need no stinking badge!  DavidSommers | 04/28/04
re: I don't need no stinking badge  egurski | 04/28/04
MCSE's are not the same continued  Enterprise Analyst | 04/28/04
No- Computing Degrees have a different issue.  maxo_z | 04/28/04
You must have a complex  Enterprise Analyst | 04/28/04
Complex?  bluescreen_z | 04/29/04
Certifications are worthless  voska | 04/29/04
They're getting that way  AbsolutelyNot | 04/29/04
Certification  Tinkerer62 | 05/06/04
That is actually the correct approach  JeremyBarker | 05/02/04
How true  Mark Miller | 05/03/04
Huh, they're still doing that?  Mark Miller | 05/03/04
You Got to Be Joking  siliconrebel | 04/28/04
It's Good For One Thing  wbs00001 | 04/29/04
Education and Certifications  SC-man | 04/29/04
But people do not get new hearts every 3 years.  maxo_z | 05/03/04
I would also say the same about OO programming  WyldOne | 04/30/04
OO Programming  wbs00001 | 05/02/04
Software is now rushed out to meet market pressures  louiebergsagel@... | 04/30/04
I agree. Very real-world  Mark Miller | 05/03/04
Certification  Marlene_z | 05/04/04
Engineering vs. IT: Emphasis on certification misses the point badly  mkern | 05/06/04
One type of certification will work: licensing  mkern | 05/06/04
Licensing  Tinkerer62 | 05/07/04

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