On 10/07/2011 07:38 AM, Brian Mathis wrote:
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Evan Pettrey<[email protected]> wrote:
Greetings LOPSA,
I'm interested in hearing what everybody thinks about the value of
certifications in today's workplace. Do you feel they are worth the money
and time involved in obtaining them? How valuable are they in the
marketplace? When you are hiring an IT professional, do you place any value
in them?
I'm not sure if this has been discussed in the past but I don't recall
seeing the discussion before and wanted to see what everybody thought.
Best regards,
Evan Pettrey
I will quickly try to sum up the arguments before this becomes a flame-fest.
Argument 1:
Anyone with a certification sucks because they have no experience and
only know how to take tests.
Argument 2:
Anyone without a certification is good because they had to learn
things on their own and they learned the hard way.
Argument 3:
Taking a certification is a good start to help you learn some basics,
but you still need to have experience.
For anyone else who feels the need to respond, please just vote on the
above arguments with a 1, 2, or 3 to let us know where you stand and
to hopefully reduce the noise as much as possible.
3, in my case. My CCNA (renewed once, now recently expired) got me
going on network and routing fundamentals. Served as a foot in the door
for certain job opportunities I would never have had otherwise. I've
let it lapse because I really don't perceive any ongoing benefit from it
now, but I do believe it was the right choice.
Paul
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