I think experience can be somewhat elusive too. If you have a person who has worked for one and a half years on Cisco equipment in a high pressure situation where they have gotten to work on lots of various equipment with lots of troubleshooting, and you have a person who has three years of "experience" who has done a lot of web surfing in-front of a rack of Cisco Equipment, but who also managed to get their CCNP with book study. Why should they be hired over the person with 1.5 years experience? I think the only true measure is to sit the candidates down and see what they can "actually" do. Then you also need to find a way to test their ability to grasp a new task, as well as being able to do research. But who has that kind of time...I guess. :-(
Douglas Gullett, CCNA, CCDA, CCNP (1.5 years experience) :-) Savage, MD, USA > -----Original Message----- > From: irado furioso com tudo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Shawn Stewart > Subject: Re: Verification of Certifications > > > me too. I was kidding a bit, as you can ever confirm that the > certificate is (or isnot) real, issued, stamped, signed by mr. Busch > itself, but you only can prove someone knowledgement when s/he come and > DO IT. > > IMHO, certificates are not the real issue. The lie is. Can you be > confident after discovering a lie?? > > Shawn Stewart wrote: > > > Oh, believe me, I prefer someone who has years of hands on > experience and no > > certifications. Anyone can have a piece of paper that "says" they know > > something, but true knowledge doesn't come with a certificate > or a degree or > > a diploma. > > > > > -- > > saudações, > > Irado Furioso com Tudo > Linux (SuSE) User 179402 > tortura é sempre instrumento do estado, dos pais, dos professores.. > sempre alguém se imagina ter poder acima dos demais. Viva a anarquia!!! >
