I agree with Michael Traher. I got certification and as part of the study process I had to dig in to lots of areas of ColdFusion that my development on real sites hadnt taken me until that point.
For example until that point I'd had no reason to have anything to do with LDAP, so i'd just skipped over that stuff in anything I'd read. After studying for the exam, I still wasnt an expert in LDAP, but i knew enough about it to understand how it relates to ColdFusion, enough to be able to work my way through it if I came upon it in real life. As a result of studying for the exam, I didnt learn much about application architecture, OOP, validation, workflow or any of a number of disciplines relating to applicatoin development, so it's not the be-all and end-all, but after studying for the exam, I know a LOT more about ColdFusion than I did before, and my advanced certification verifies it. It's not a guarantee by itself that i can handle any programming task thrown at me, but it does verify that I know about most of the nooks and crannies of the ColdFusion product. In practice, I dont know if certification has got me any more work (which was my original hope when i signed up for it ) but I know I'm better at using ColdFusion as a result of studying for it. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 4/28/06, Michael Traher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Christophe. > > What the studying for the certificate does do is force you to look at the > whole CF product, every tag and function. I think there is value in that > process as it broadens your knowledge. > > In addition it makes you more precise since the questions are annoyingly > finicky, so you have to bother (at least while you study) to know the little > details. > > For these reasons I encourage our developers to take the test. > > Certainly I agree it does not signify how skilled a developer you are, or > whether you will be an asset to a team or not since these are more complex > issues, that can not be tested by a few multiple questions. :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239025 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
