> "Hi, I'm John Doe, I'm a Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer. BTW, > how do I set a variable?"
Heh .. not very long ago at the same company I talk about below, I had (my manager) a guy who claimed to have been working with CF for 3 years ask me if there was a way to figure out how many items were in a list .. I kid you not. > While that's an extreme example, it would make me wonder if getting/having > the certification is really worth it. I would say the certification is worth it. It got me in the door to get my last job. By chances of fate, I was talking to the president of the company that I was getting my MCSE training from and he asked me what I did. I told him. He asked me if I was any good. Not wanting to go in to a list of details that would bore him, I said "I'm certified in CF 5.0 and ...". He interrupted me and said, "Never mind.". Then he told my instructor to make sure I was introduced to the head of IT to see if I could be hired. So .. I got to meet the head of IT the next day, better explained my qualifications, and was hired 2 days later. Does it garuntee me $80k per year? No. Does it garuntee a job? No. Can it help me get one? Yes. Did it help me get one? Yes. So, is it worth it? Yes. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:13 PM Subject: Certification Value [was: Getting Future Date + 30 Minutes...] > > You h ave some really rough public schools in your area then. > > What gets you an A? 100%? > > 94%. The other grades are decrements of 10 below that. > > > And someone asking a question does not necessarily indicate some lack of > > ability. Just because you have a certificate, doesn't suggest that you > > As I'd said, it was not meant as an attack on the person posting, just a > rant about the minimum score required to pass the test. Wouldn't you be > upset if someone came to your user group and said... > > "Hi, I'm John Doe, I'm a Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer. BTW, > how do I set a variable?" > > While that's an extreme example, it would make me wonder if getting/having > the certification is really worth it. > > -Justin Scott, Lead Developer > Sceiron Internet Services, Inc. > http://www.sceiron.com ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
