the reason y gus2 nila certified it bcoz everybody can claim na programmers sila, even highschool graduate pwede mka ingn na kbalo sila mag program.
On hiring programmers, on exam, most companies are particular on logic formulation, the way he solve the program. It is not a big deal if you know the pl. the important is that you understand the pseudocode of the program. So, present certifications are useless for future purposes. Certifications are just only part of sales. For bidding purposes and for confidence and trust:D --- hard wyrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/9/06, Earl Lapus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i think ang purpose sa mga companies nga mo hire > sila ug "certified" > > IT people kay para > > "humot" ang ilang baho... =) para man gud na maka > ingon sila "all our > > programmers are > > java certified"... so bagting dayon ang mga > dalungan sa mga "business" > > people... murag. it's a way to market the > company... murag lang. =) > > > > :) as what the article has mentioned, certifications > are irrelevant :). And > re-quoting the article, according to the survey: > > Vendors offer such an enormous range of > certifications, > > many of them easy to achieve, that the value of > the certification process > > has been watered down. Likewise, certifications do > not prove real-world > > skill. > > > > Sadly, specially in the Philippines, it's always > about what "paper" you are > holding... and not what you know of the job in > question. Added to that also > is from what school you came from. Although we have > to admit, a lot of > expensive, ivy-leaguish schools do produce fitting > candidates, but > oftentimes, those from lesser-known institutions > produce qualified > candidates too. But a lot of companies rarely see > that fact. They start with > "Where did you graduate?". Then when the candidate > did not come from their > preferred academe, they shrug the applicant off > :)... i should know.. I'm a > victim of this discrimination too :)). > > -- > "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." > 0x68 0x61 0x72 0x64 0x77 0x79 0x72 0x64 > 68 74 74 70 3A 2F 2F 62 61 75 64 69 7A 6D 2E 62 6C > 6F 67 73 6F 6D 65 2E 63 > 6F 6D > 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 68 61 72 64 77 79 > 72 64 2e 6e 65 74 2e 74 > 63 > Registered Linux User #400165 > 'nuff said... > > _________________________________________________ > Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
