The CF certification has been around for years and hasn't had THAT bad of a stigma attached to it.
When I interview I like to see it because it's a general indicator of the willingness of the candidate to pursue ongoing professional development. > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 4:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Certification > > I have seen where certifications hurt people, not in the CF world but in > the > IT world. Back when I was working for a computer parts wholesaler anytime > they were hiring for techs if someone came in saying they had A+ > certification that immediately meant they were not going to get hired. > Seeing some of the comments on here about how worthless a CF Certification > is makes me wonder if something similar might happen in the CF world. > Probably not an instant no-hire case but perhaps makes it harder for > someone > to get hired because the hiring party might be reluctant in accepting the > person interviewing really does know their stuff. > > On 12/15/06, Bryan Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As I've already said...it may -never- help you. But can you argue > > > that it could ever hurt to have? > > > > Yes...the opportunity cost of the time wasted getting the useless piece > of > > paper > > ;-) > > > > Happy Friday > > > > Cheers > > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > > phone: 250.480.0642 > > fax: 250.480.1264 > > cell: 250.920.8830 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264208 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
