There are additional concerns. Cisco I know will only allow companies that employee people that have certain certs to buy certain products.
Oracle makes a big deal about certs, and usually positions for oracle developers or dbas require certification. Look at your job market and listings, see if they are asking for them. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 1:53 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CC then NA? Interesting. Maybe it is because we are such a federal town in many ways, but it sure seems to matter around here. Mind, my experience is not in networking either, so... >I was mostly being silly, but to the point. > >I really didn't think certifications did as much as they used to. Now >that many people have years of experience a certification doesn't prove >as much. Several years ago when things were very new, it was useful to >have a class and certified trainers and the like. > >But now if you go into a place and say you have 7 years of experience >working on this exact same stuff, then they don't care about the other >stuff. > >At least I know when I was hiring and when I've changed jobs I was told >pretty plainly that certs didn't matter, it was the actual work I had >done. > >Now, where it did matter was when they were billing my time. Because I >had various certifications they billed my time higher than others. > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202806 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
