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Article #45Certification
From: John Artz
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 14:15
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 14:15
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About ten years ago, I sat for a certification exam (CDP) issued by the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals. About five years ago they instituted a continuing education requirement. Since then I have been sending them money every year and filling out paperwork for the continuing education requirement. The only thing I have to show for my efforts and my money is a wooden plaque with my certificate. My questions are "Does anyone take certification seriously ? Can anyone offer an argument in favor of keeping this certification up to date ?" Has anyone out there seen any personal or organization benefit from this (or any other) certification ? John M. Artz, Ph.D. jartz@mitre.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A crisis is just the end of an illusion. -- Gerald Weinberg +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!bassoon!jartz From: jartz@bassoon.mitre.org (John Artz) Newsgroups: comp.infosystems Subject: Certification Message-ID: <1992Aug4.141547.28049@linus.mitre.org> Date: 4 Aug 92 14:15:47 GMT Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Reply-To: jartz@mitre.org Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: bassoon.mitre.org