In all seriousness, some people could do with that!
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Bill Woodcock <wo...@pch.net> wrote: > > We got a resume once where the guy listed "2-day workshop on personal > grooming, Karachi, Pakistan" under his "education" section. I think that > trumps the Kentrox certification. :-) > > > -Bill > > > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 0:58, "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Isaac Adams <isaacna...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am trying to work out a strategy for vendor certification in our > company. > >> As a general rule, do you all fund employees certification and if so > what > >> kind of levels do you try to maintain as good practice? > >> > >> For example. NOC staff should be JNCIA and engineering JNCIP to JNCIE? > >> > >> Clearly certification does not usually reflect ability but it does help > >> people feel valued and to maintain a basic level of competence. > > > > Hi Isaac, > > > > Personally, I use certifications as more of a weed-out factor. List > > lots of certifications on your resume? No interview for you. > > Particularly that guy who used what should have been valuable space on > > his resume to report having taken a 3-day certification course in > > configuring Kentrox CSU/DSUs. Yikes! > > > > Seriously though, certs stink of a cogs-in-the-machine approach to > > business, which is the opposite of making folks feel individually > > valued. Gee, I can tell from talking to you that you're smarter than > > half our engineers but if you want to respond to the red lights in the > > NOC you'll have to go get a CCNA. > > > > If you want them to feel valued, give them an education reimbursement > > program for any job-relevant training, college coursework, etc. Any > > who want to spend it on certs, so be it. Any who want to spend it > > professional conferences like NANOG, well, those are the ones you > > keep. > > > > Regards, > > Bill Herrin > > > > > > -- > > William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > > Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> > > Can I solve your unusual networking challenges? > >