In <45fcfbbb8bc8eb4a9dfedc6fa2cc7fdf0b0...@sdkmbx03.emea.sas.com>, on
11/28/2011
at 09:03 PM, Lindy Mayfield <lindy.mayfi...@sas.com> said:
>What are your thoughts about having some sort of certification for
>working with computers?
The Devil is in the details. If you're talking about a bank of
multiple choice questions keyed to a specific language, platform or
vendor, kill it before it multiplies. If you're talking about
something else, spell out what you would test for and how you would
test for it.
>Ok, sometimes a university degree helps, but still it isn't the
>same as being qualified.
Neither is, e.g., an MCSE certificate.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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