I did my certification thinking it would help me get contract positions, but i dont think it's made the slightest difference in that respect. It was definitely worth doing though, because there was a benefit I handn't thought of going in. As a result of doing the exam, I know a LOT more about ColdFusion. In doing the study i had to go into parts of the product that my daily coding life hadn't taken me previously.
For example, I'd never had any occasion to need LDAP professionally, but in the process of studying for the exam, I found out about LDAP and how ColdFusion relates to it. Because I have done the certification, I'm a far better programmer in ColdFusion than i was previously. Certification study didnt teach me much about sound programming principles, but I have picked that up elsewhere. In short, I think as a tool for getting jobs, I'd say Certification has limited use. But as a tool for making yourself better at what you do it's excellent. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283002 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
