On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM, psykx.out <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lyle wrote: >> Hi All, >> I'm looking into certification of programmers. I have no >> certifications myself, my only experiences are with what I've read about >> and when I sent my brother down to RedHat for their RHCT. >> >> I'm interested in what experiences people on this list have had with >> programmer certification in any language. What they thought was good/bad >> about it. Ideas on how they would improve it, etc. >> >> Ultimately I'm interested in what you guys things about the idea of Perl >> Certification. I know it pops up at Perl Monks, use.perl, advocacy, etc, >> now and again. Strong arguments on both sides. Would be great to know >> who's for it, against it, and who's sitting on the fence :) >> >> >> Lyle >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BristolBathPM mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm >> > Basically as I see it now _all_ certs are bad. all of them period. if > you can't explain to an interviewer why your would be good for the job > in question you shouldn't have it. This come from somebody working in IT
A certificate can save you spending the time making that explanation. Saying "I have a degree" saves a lot of time, on both sides. When I went for a gig with the BBC they had me do a brainbench test. I was quite impressed with it, it really felt to me like someone who knew the language and what was important about it wrote it. I'm curious about answers to this thread too (less though about the meta-discussion about merits of certification). P > with no certs or qualifications. > > Max > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm > _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
