> (My bleat of the week)
>
> The focus with all these certifications is totally wrong.
> People don't do
> training to gain knowledge, they do training to pass exams.
> And the courses
> become focussed on preparing people to pass the exams. It's
> the experience
> that should be tested, not the stuff the courses and study
> guides teach you
> - - anyone can memorise that.
>
> To be a true indicator, people should be able to pass exams
> cold, with no
> brain dumps, study guides etc to study up on. I could get my
> computer-illiterate sister (no offense Joanne!) through a CCNA or
> MCP-qualifying exam with a couple of weeks study and some tutoring.
Boy, is it clear that you haven't gone through the !@#$ for the
certifications I know about (CISSP, CISA). IF you wait until the seminars
to start, you are too late by almost a decade!
Might I recommend that you don't talk from ignorance, or at least qualifiy
your assertions a bit.....
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The opinions expressed above are my own. The facts simply are and belong to
none.
James W. Meritt, CISSP, CISA
Senior Secure Systems Engineer at Wang Government Services, Inc.
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