Brian, you are spot on about the 90%. It makes no sense to get certified if you are doing it for knowledge/skills only. Why should you be *nix -certified if all you want to run are *nix servers out of your home? Think of those malware writers (for lack of a better example) reading intel/AMD/ARM manuals and whatever others are out there just for the kicks of annoying the rest of us.
regards Joachim > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:08:15 +0300 > From: brian muhumuza <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Certification vis Experience > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Arinda JB <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Indeed its interesting and after reading the > comments from the readers it > > looks the issue between certifications and > > experience may never be resolved. But i think the > biggest draw back to > > certifications is that almost 90% of the people who do > them are mainly > > targeting either of the two as the primary. > > i) The Job market > > ii) To enhance the reputation technically. > > > > Hence very few go for certification with a primary > cause of enhancing their > > knowledge in a given area. This has brought all the > draw backs including so > > called brain dumps. I remember a similar complaint was > once raised on the > > current education system in Uganda where some argued > that students of today > > study to pass exams but not to get knowledge. > > > > After all, the exam is all that matters in Uganda even > after volumes of > class notes and text books. Even if you could build a > nuclear reactor at the > end of your A-Level, no one will care if you fail to answer > the exams. > > > > > Regards. > > Arinda JB _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
