On 10/26/2010 08:42 AM, Luke S Crawford wrote: > "Brodie, Kent"<[email protected]> writes: > >> However, I disagree with the opinion that someone considered spending $ on >> the cert as "wasted" - the reality is, more times than not something like >> this accomplishes getting you past/through the "HR firewall". If having >> that cert gets you past HR and into the desk of the hiring manager- then I'd >> consider it "mission accomplished".... > ... > But then, you did say it was best for 'entry level' folks, and eh, > maybe for the entry level you are right. A cert and nothing else > is a lot better than just nothing. A cert and some experience? > personally, I'd rate a referral from someone I know (even someone > I don't know that well) plus the same experience higher. > ___
Even as an 'Experienced' Systems Administrator, I still maintain my CCNA purely as an HR Firewall buster. It works, and it got me work for good companies I would have been unlikely to come across at conferences. Paul _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
