Seriously? You can work up that much venom from some marketing spew that someone wrote in a book? Get a hobby or a misstress, but lighten up. At the very least, don't share.
If anyone on this list or any other had given some indication that they considered themselves better than anyone else *simply* because they had a certification - in anything, not just CF - then you have something to rant about. As far as I know, though, no one here mentioned any such thing. This was the first email in what will, hopefully (but not expectedly), not become a long thread. On 4/27/06, Russ Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just having a read of someones ColdFusion certification "developer > study guide", and the following made me laugh. > > It states that anyone can claim to be a ColdFusion expert and it is hard > to to recognise legitimate expertise, and that the certification allows > you to identify the real experts, blah blah blah. > Certified ColdFusion Developer means that you can command the respect and > recognition that goes along with being one of the best at what you do. > blah blah blah, it will help you stick out from the crowd. > > LOL, what a crock, this is so contradictory. > Using this study guide ANYONE can pass the exam, even the worst developer > in the world, in fact there is a guy in my office here who did not know > any Codlfusion at all, and passed the exam with an ADVANCED certification > simply by reading the study guide. > > I wonder, do any employers actually give any consideration to people with > one of these certifications? As they really arn't worth the paper they are > printed on these days. > > > -- > Russ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238912 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54