On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Michael Yam wrote:
> Professions that don't move at internet time -- architecture, plumbing, real
> estate -- need some form of license or certification. Cerifications for
> technology just don't make much sense. The problem is that a lucrative
> profession attracts "con-men" who bill themselves as "con-sultants" and
> human resources wants to protect against that. (Just joking about
> consultants -- I am one myself :-). Unlike businesses, there's no Better
> Business Bureau to file a complaint if you get a bad worker.
>
> What we need to do is educate the corporate types while certifications
> indicate a certain amount of commitment and dedication to a platform by the
> candidate, it is not a substitute for experience. Corporate types who have
> lived through mainframes, PCs, client / server, the internet, and now
> handhelds know this well. It's the newly minted corporate types that
> present a problem.
>
> Sorry for this off-topic discussion...
>
> Michael Yam
> www.ytechnology.com
While it would be nice to be able to re-educate all HR people, managers,
and business owners, it's just not gonna happen. Just try to teach them
how to use the internet... :)
The best thing to do is accept that people will be looking for
certifications, and instead of some meaningless cert popping up, get ahead
of the game and develop a cert program that actually teaches you what you
need to know. For all the programmers here, it would help them more than
hurt, and maybe clear up the little things. For the most part, it would
help everyone out.
For any of us who deal with managers, we already know how impossible it is
(generally) to get them to do anything acceptable. This is one of those
places where we need to play their game. We can give them what they want
(a cert), and make sure it lives up to our standards.
--
Brian Mathis
Direct Edge
http://www.directedge.com
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