From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Jul 12 14:53:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from freedom.cybertouch.org (freedom.cybertouch.org [216.183.2.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F6C14E80 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:53:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lnb@freedom.cybertouch.org) Received: from localhost (lnb@localhost) by freedom.cybertouch.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA91941; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:52:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:52:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Lanny Baron To: Mike Avery Cc: Alex Zepeda , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification...again In-Reply-To: <199907122140.QAA23480@hostigos.otherwhen.com> Message-ID: City: Thorhill Province: Ontario Postal: L4J 6X4 Tel: 905-763-1900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As long as well intentioned, capable people have trouble agreeing what it means to be a network or system manager, they will also have trouble agreeing on what constitutes a meaningful test. If I were an employer, I'd view certifications much the same way that I view college diplomas - as a tangible indication that the person applying for the job has been able to learn specific skills well enough to pass specific tests, and that this suggests that they will be able to learn whatever I need them to know to do the job at hand. I don't view either a diploma or a certification as an indication that someone can already do the job. Mike ====================================================================== Mike Avery MAvery@mail.otherwhen.com (409)-842-2942 (work) ICQ: 16241692 * Spam is for lusers who can't get business any other way * I aggree with you with respect to differentiation between people viewing on what a person can do or what the person is truly qualified for. But then, would you go a person who says he/she can preform open heart surgery yet does not have any certification indicating the practitioner has recognized certification in surgery? Trust me to the extent that without either a degree (usually in Computer Science, a lot of experience [ verifiable] or certification, you won't get any type of good job/career here. Companies that even get you contract jobs won't touch you with out the above. Lanny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message