At 7:04 PM +0000 8/9/02, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: >Robert D. Cluett wrote: >> >> I like this statement.... >> >> "Times have changed, he said. Six years ago the technology was >> complex. >> Certification was important because it told an employer and >> customers that >> the certified professional could find his way around >> complicated networks. >> But now networks are easier to install and maintain. >> "Now they've dumbed it down to the point where a 12-year-old >> can install a >> Cisco router," Mazurek said. > >That's ridiculous, to put it bluntly. :-) The technology becomes more >complex every year. > >> >> Mazurek says that he pays little attention to certification >> when he is >> hiring. It is experience that matters to him. >> >> >> >> - A 12 year old, huh? > >Hey, I have experience trying to teach Cisco Networking Academy at the high >school level. It doesn't work. Many of the students didn't even have the >reading skills to follow the materials, let alone the sophisticated brain >CPU power required to understand the concepts. Only a few of the math whiz >types even got subnet maksing, and they don't plan to install routers for a >living. They plan to be computer scientists. > >Cisco Networking Academy does work at the college level, though. > >Priscilla
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