The case for Certifications http://etherealmind.com/opinion-why-certification-matters-experience-less-so
“If you have five years of experience in one job, then you have five times one year experience” The case for Experience http://packetlife.net/blog/2009/nov/27/double-edged-cert/ "Certifications are ubiquitous in IT. Engineers and administrators collect them, and employers demand them like items on a grocery list. They function almost as currency in the job market." On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Mark Tinka <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:22:18 am brian muhumuza > wrote: > > > I didn't mean doing one thing when i said "a defined > > scope". what i wrote afterward was just an example. > > To me for any given defined scope , be it networking + > > hardware repair, IMHO experience will beat papers only, > > unless of course if the job in question is that of a > > tutor, i which case papers beat experience by a small > > margin. > > Confused by which is which re: what you're trying to say > :-). > > > you shouldn't also assume that some one without papers > > learns by trial and error. i'm quite sure most people on > > this list have extensive experience with linux and no > > paper to show for it but we still pick up linux material > > to read even if there's no certificate to be awarded > > afterward. > > Like I said earlier on in this thread, one shouldn't confine > reading to "papers" and "certifications". Just because you > don't have a certification of some kind or form, doesn't > mean you didn't learn something by reading. > > I encourage reading + experience. If your reading turns into > a certificate, good for you. If it reinforces your > experiences, good for you too. That is why if I'm hiring, I > can't look at only one or the other - each potential hire > possesses their individual merits that may or may not > directly relate to their level of theoretical or practical > exposure. > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Dan +256-071-2-552035 "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles."
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