Jesse, On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Jesse Trucks<[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> It would be nice if there was a good list of available certifications and >> a rating on how good they are. > > > Damion, > > Certification Magazine regularly does surveys on this very topic. So does > the U.S. government (and likely others), several other major IT related > publications, industry watch groups, statistical analysis groups, and more. > It isn't too hard to find some information on any particular cert by > googling around, either, in case you are faced with one you don't have > direct knowledge about.
I didn't know about any of these resources until you mentioned them. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to link to them on lopsa.org? I think it would be a benefit for folks on both sides of the interview table. Longer term, perhaps it would be helpful for LOPSA to have position papers for both certification seekers and hiring managers discussing the broader points found in this thread (3rd party certification versus vendor specific certification, what you should expect from having a cert, how to list certification on your resume, how to choose a certification program, etc...). This seems like a topic that comes up semi-regularly, perhaps having a HOWTO-like document to serve as institutional memory may help as a foundation for the next conversation. -n -- ------------------------------------------- nathan hruby <[email protected]> metaphysically wrinkle-free ------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
