In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Selena Sol) wrote:
> Okay, now before you throw everything out, let's look at the problem from a
> different angle. It seems that what you don't like about certification is
> that the general certification model does not necessarily achieve useful
> results in the field of software programming.
No, I am saying it necessarily does NOT achieve useful results, and that
it does necessarily achieve *unuseful* results. It has no significant
good, it has significant bad.
> 1. good people who do not take the certification will not be considered
> (which I agree, is bad)
Yes.
> 2. lame programmers who are just good at passing test, will be considered
> good (which I agree....can be bad)
Yes.
> I do not think this is a criticism with certification, but a criticism of
> the typical process of certification.
No. It is true that you can do things to mitigate 2, but there is *no
way* to mitigate 1, except to either de-emphasize the importance of the
certification for employers, which defeats the purpose of it in the
first place; or to have everyone take it, which is evil.
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