Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-23 Thread Vadim Antonov
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Kristian P. Jackson wrote: Perhaps a bachelors in network engineering is in order? I'm afraid there's not enough stuff one has to know to sucessfully design networks to fill more than one-semester course. --vadim

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-23 Thread Rick J Casarez
Andrew, The college I am attending, Strayer Univeristy, has a B.S. degree in Internetworking. While it is kinds geared towards Cisco the good part is that they will give credit for life experience etc. I am getting credit for 8 classes due to my work experience in the field. The also

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-23 Thread Nathan J. Mehl
In the immortal words of Paul Vixie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The trouble is, often times I'd rather hire the world's smartest garbage man. I never forget that when I got done interviewing for my first full time programming job I went back to my job fixing cars and pumping gas, and my fallback

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Paul A Flores
? Yours in Networking, Paul A Flores -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher J. Wolff Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 13:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? I would add

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:16:24AM -0700, Christopher J. Wolff wrote: I would add to that statement: Requiring a technology certification is equally as obsurd. I think you mean absurd, a word you should have heard a lot by now. I've been told I could pass the Emperor-Level CCIE test;

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Jim Hickstein
I once dared to require candidates to submit written answers to three essay questions (200 to 300 words), along with their applications. The questions were about the technical subject, but the purpose in asking was to see if they could spell, and write in complete sentences. We did a formal

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Rowland, Alan D
] Subject: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? I would add to that statement: Requiring a technology certification is equally as obsurd. I've been told I could pass the Emperor-Level CCIE test; however, I do not believe it will add more value for my customers. Regards

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Scott Granados
or implied, use at your own risk, may be terminated at any time without notice -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Wolff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Dan Hollis
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Rowland, Alan D wrote: Put another way, when you take that expensive car of yours in for service (you do have one if you're successful in this industry, right? ;) ), do you go to Joe's Garage (apologies to all named Joe) or a dealer/service center with certified

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Christopher J. Wolff
Of Rowland, Alan D Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? While the effectiveness of degree requirements may be argued, they are efficient. When your HR department gets hundreds or thousands of applications

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2002-05-22 Thread Kristian P. Jackson
My two cents: From what I have found most colleges in the area of the world that I am in (New England) focus their BCS studies on programing. Completely unrelated to the area of anything network related. This may not be the case everywhere. Maybe the industry leaders should assist the education

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Jeff Workman
Stoned koalas drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as Christopher J. Wolff exclaimed: I take my new volvo to the local equivalent of Joe's Garage for regular (3000 mile) service. Joe is not volvo certified, but they do let me watch over their shoulder to make sure everything is perfect. The

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Christopher J. Wolff
. Wolff; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? Stoned koalas drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as Christopher J. Wolff exclaimed: I take my new volvo to the local equivalent of Joe's Garage for regular (3000 mile) service. Joe is not volvo

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread John Kristoff
On Wed, 22 May 2002 16:40:27 -0400 Kristian P. Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: network engineers, just as a bunch of network engineers are no more qualified to program. Perhaps a bachelors in network engineering is in order? We actually have that - or something close to it. We are slowly

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Pistone, Mike
: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? On Wed, 22 May 2002 16:40:27 -0400 Kristian P. Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: network engineers, just as a bunch of network engineers are no more qualified to program. Perhaps a bachelors in network engineering is in order? We

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Marius Strom
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:52 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems? On Wed, 22 May 2002 16:40:27 -0400 Kristian P. Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: network engineers, just as a bunch of network engineers

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
At 01:36 PM 5/22/2002 -0500, Paul A Flores wrote: If your resume shows more than 4 jobs in the last 3 years (and you didn't get laid off), what does THAT stay about your ability to 'stick with' something? That you worked on the Internet in the late 90s? (Had to post to see if I could

Re: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Bram Dov Abramson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Valdis is from VT, so I hope he's listening. Why couldn't we as a networking community sit down and come up with a degree program that goes from BS to PhD? Sure it can touch on basic programming and basic processor design, but it would be more heavily weighted towards