Unfortunately it is true of certifications in general and I think that reflects more on the certification exams than anything else.
I used to work full time as a trainer giving courses covering Novell, Microsoft, Macromedia, Allaire and Lotus Notes products. A lot of the courses were designed with a certification in mind and as a trainer I spent a good deal of time answering questions on what was likely to come up on the exam. The one major exception to this was the CISCO certification. I can't speak from personal experience, because I never took the exams, but one of my colleagues went through the process to get the CCIE certification and by all accounts it was impossible to pass without really knowing *and* understanding just about everthing related to the topic matter. The exam itself was a 4 hour "lab" where you had to troubleshoot a set of CISCO hardware that had been carefully misconfigured by the examiner. Now that's the sort of certification that I would trust if someone was to offer an equivalent for developers. my 2 cents Spike On 4/27/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > This probably hasn't changed any since the last time it was covered on the > list, you know. > > As Charlie pointed out, this is largely true of certifications in general. I > doubt that many employers care about it too much, but if there were two > otherwise equally qualified applicants, I'd probably pick the one with the > certification over the other. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238944 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
