How apropos. We are in the process of being regulated right now(just found out a day ago).
See: Computer Professionals Update Act. I've also just sent an email to the discuss list. On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah...certifications alone aren't enough....because this other department > (that we have to work with) hired a certified Solaris System administrator. > A few months later he said he wanted a Solaris system of his own to working > on. Well, he had a Sun Ultra 20 on his desk. Sure all the systems were > scrubbed when previous user was terminated...so we weren't sure why he was > making the request, but we burned a DVD for him and gave it to him.... > > Later he finally came back saying he didn't know how to install Solaris. > > Later we learned that he used to work for Sun, but as first line support.... > >> >> This is the thing; and I think that when I say 'certifications are >> stupid' >> I am missing the point. >> >> Yes, certifications/licencing/whatever at best only certify a >> slightly higher level of mediocraty. And if I'm hiring a SysAdmin? >> I can evaluate far better than any certification test I've ever seen. >> >> I think it's unrealistic to think you can create a certification >> that is better at picking good people than someone who is experienced >> in the field. >> > > -- > Who: Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. - W0LKC - Senior Unix Systems Administrator > For: Enterprise Server Technologies (EST) -- & SafeZone Ally > Snail: Computing and Telecommunications Services (CTS) > Kansas State University, 109 East Stadium, Manhattan, KS 66506-3102 > Phone: (785) 532-4916 - Fax: (785) 532-3515 - Email: [email protected] > Web: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lkchen - Where: 11 Hale Library > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Joseph A Kern [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
