On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Jared Buckley wrote:
> I think there's a very good precedent for requiring recertification.
> How many professions require their members to be recertified regularly?
> Doctors? Engineers? Teachers? None of these groups sees their
> fundamental technology change as quickly as we do. Granted it may
> evolve into a cash cow, but that's the sort of thing a community base
> program is best equipped to handle. At the rate that technology
> changes, even a relatively recent certification may quickly become out
> of date. I think recertification needs a pretty close look before it's
> discarded...
I dont think it should be discarded totally.. I just think it shouldnt
be every year. There has to be a middle ground somewhere. Obviously
people who are going to value certification are going to be newer
admins who dont posess the experience to obtain decent positions..
this is where certification helps big time. Someone like this is going
to have to study quite a bit to pass the exams (we hope at least). I would
hate to see them put through all that work year after year. I think
somewhere around 3 years it should be mandatory to be recertified.
Maybe even devise a special test that only tests changed knowledge in
those 3 years. This gives them time to enjoy the fruits of their hard work
and doesnt let technology get to far ahead that they are worthless to
someone. Remeber when people build production servers.. they dont usually muck
with something that works unless a major advantage to upgrading comes
along. I am sure 3 years from now there will still be plenty of production
systems running early 2.2.x kernels..
Mike..
--
"Bill, The revolution is starting without us!"
Paul Allen
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