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Re: The Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals

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From: Wayne Hayes
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 1990 03:28
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In article <1990Nov4.192118.23640@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
>Give me a break.  You can't "certify" a programmer anymore than
>you can "certify" a painter or any other artist.

Don't just dismiss it out-of-hand.  It's not as crazy as I first thought
it sounded.  Start reading comp.risks, or better yet go back into the
comp.risks archives a few months.  Software certification has been
discussed to death there.

-- 
"Dad, what should I be when I grow up?"
"Honest." -- Robert M. Pirsig, _Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence_.

Wayne Hayes	INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca	CompuServe: 72401,3525
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From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
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Subject: Re: The Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.222853.25902@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 7 Nov 90 03:28:53 GMT
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