I agree about going to technical colleges and other areas. In fact, I made that very point. There is no reason that these kinds of programs even NEED to be four year degrees.
I don't want to get into a debate about certifications. As one who hires programmers, I can say this for myself and many others: certification mreans squat to myself and to most people I know. They have become as devalued as Argentinian currency :) On the other hand, the general truth is that certification WILL open doors in some places, particularly those that are technologically clueless in the first place. They may or may not be jobs worth having, it may or may not happen for the job you are pursuing now or the job you might pursue in the future. My real point in all of this is that establishing a LAMP certification, for instance, or a PHP certification, is no panacea and is no guarantee of opening any doors, not to mention the possibility of such certifications becoming a joke as MCSE and other Microsoft Certs (for instance, and a cert I can speak of with firsthand experience :) have become in many circles and actually having as much negative impact as positive. c -- Chris Lott http://www.chrislott.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
