Rob, please show me where I said that anyone on this list thought they were better than anyone else. All I said was "the following made me laugh", it is not directed at anyone.
You appear to have insrted your own paranoia and feelings of inadaquacy into the post and turned it into something personal. Russ -----Original Message----- From: "Rob Wilkerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:09:27 -0400 Subject: Re: macromedia certification > 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:4:238967 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
