---- Sean Corfield <[email protected]> wrote: > A certificate doesn't say zip about whether you can get work done. The > courses might be useful for the O.P. but they don't tell an employer > anything so the certificate itself is worthless, IMO.
As in most things, it depends. A certificate might not be worth the paper and ink in reality, but it can be the difference between getting in the door. Many hiring decisions are not made on reality, but on perception. Many corporate job search criteria are not set up by knowledgeable people in the field. HR people do a lot of it and certifications are one way they break ties. They can put your resume in play where it would be in the reject pile otherwise. I would not discount them completely. I have seen many job announcements with certifications as necessary though most of them were in Microsoft based systems. (MS has made a lot of money on certifications.) It is also true that corporate organizations look for ways to show differences between employees. Getting certified is measurable. (All the MBAs love to measure stuff.) Getting a certification can get you a raise or promotion in many places. Of course, many independent developers probably have no use for certifications since they are irrelevant in the real world. I would encourage anyone to continue to take classes and even teach them in your field. We have all benefited from the hard work people put into teaching, books, blogs, user groups, etc. -- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-austin/8/a4/60 http://twitter.com/RogerTheGeek http://www.misshunt.com/ Home of the Clean/Dirty Magnet http://www.ncdevcon.com/ TACFUG 2010 Conference in North Carolina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333414 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
