Indeed its interesting and after reading the comments from the readers it looks the issue between certifications and experience may never be resolved. But i think the biggest draw back to certifications is that almost 90% of the people who do them are mainly targeting either of the two as the primary. i) The Job market ii) To enhance the reputation technically.
Hence very few go for certification with a primary cause of enhancing their knowledge in a given area. This has brought all the draw backs including so called brain dumps. I remember a similar complaint was once raised on the current education system in Uganda where some argued that students of today study to pass exams but not to get knowledge. Regards. Arinda JB On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Mikisa Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting read. Thanks for this .. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Daniel Bwente > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:11 PM > *To:* [email protected]; Linux Users Group Uganda > > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Certification vis Experience > > > > 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." > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > >
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