Unfortunately, certifications are very important for increasing your visibility in the job market. To me, they mean next-to-nothing. Any ol' idiot can become certified if he has the money and time -he doesn't have to be proficient nor experienced.
Being that the people filtering through 100s of resumes are HR types; they look quite highly on a certification. Besides, if there are two identical resumes but one has a certification and the other doesn't, it's all too tempting to go for the certified guy. I don't like them, they are very overrated; but they are helpful to the person looking for a job. Matt From: "Jacob Albretsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Since I am not landing that big job right out of college, I was looking at a few ways to make use of my time. Right down the road from where I am staying is the DATC: Davis Applied Technology Center. Their specialty is certifications. A+, MCSE, Cisco.....they even have some sort of UNIX/Linux thing. I went and checked it out. Basically it appears to be "work on your own" then come ask questions and take the test and if you pass, boom, you're certified. I've heard mixed opinions about "certification" and read some funny Dilbert views of it too. I was wondering what some opinions of the group are that have been able to actually get paid working with computers. See, I have books (O'Reilly) and I read them and learn new things about Linux, programming, etc. But I don't get "certified" Am I going to need to be "certified" to get anywhere? ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
