On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Brian Mathis < [email protected]> 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. > I would like to add to that: Argument 4: Certifications are beneficial in getting you past HR and in environments where you are billable. Working in the federal contracting world, certifications are increasingly demanded as a way for agencies to quickly screen your qualifications. I'm in no way saying this is the proper way to go about doing so, but this is what prompted me to ask the question as I'm being pushed to pursue additional certifications as a means of being more marketable to our clientele. > > > 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. > > > -☙ Brian Mathis ❧- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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