IMHO, one of the problems with many certifications is that they are now considered _revenue streams_ at companies, rather than a way to educate people on their gear/process/etc.
Because of that, it's now a business problem: You've got to increase the revenue stream, which means certifying more people (selling more). Business development at this point is: Increase the marketplace size by finding new customers and fragment the product so you sell more (all-in-one becomes all-in-two). Certifications originally were being sold to the corporate customers as training for their staff - with the person who would do best did the cert (ie: the most senior person). It ended up as: the more certifications someone had meant the smarter or better the person was at the job. Now certifications are being sold directly to the enduser/employee - with the message of "the more certifications you have, the more money you make". That message is re-enforced because the people who make the most $ are the generally the most senior people. We - the IT industry - are at the cross roads of the two situations, so you will find people who are amazingly smart and hold the certifications, and others that have the same certification but can't seem to do the work. Ultimately when certifying people the selling companies don't care if the person knows the stuff or not, they just want you - the consumer - to buy more certifications. Think about that. :-) Hmmm, now were did that flame suit go... R. -- _______________________________________________ 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/
