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Article #10Re: Are IT certifications important?
From: Pinball
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 16:46
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 16:46
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Maybe you should move. A bud of mine wne to CDI, got a bunch of certifications...a+, some mcse stuff. Took him about 5 months to find the job that he wanted. Guess thats what "YOU" get from living in the east. thphphphp In article <ji5M8.213242$ah_.120648 @news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, fcarabat@rogers.com says... > hey pierre, i think you forgot the pagp, bhsl, epald, and don't forget the > cnap. it's amazing how many certifications there. > > I went to CDI college and got my A+ certification and I can't find a single > entry level job. > CDI has got to be the biggest scam out there, but I fell for it just like > many other people have. > > > > "Pierre Lamy" <pierre@userid.org> wrote in message > news:3D002A39.A0AA477@userid.org... > > I don't really see the point in a Microsoft cert - too many people I know > that have > > an MCSE can't network worth sh*t and don't know what ports are. But they > can > > bamboozle you with win.ini file knowledge. They usually get cranked out in > 2 week > > courses. > > > > Cisco certs are very expensive :( but are portable to many platforms. And > most > > people with a CCNA/CCIE kick a$$. > > > > I don't know much about the Novell and other certs... I imagine they would > be > > somewhere in the middle. > > > > Can anyone here with an MCSE tell me what real-world knowledge you got > from the > > course? > > > > If I had the choice of certs I would probably get the GIAC and CISSP > followed by > > CCNA. The linux certs are in a bit of flux... not sure if there are any > real > > standards out there. > > > > P > > > > Smackey Two-Tongues wrote: > > > > > Certifications are a bit of a double edged sword. On one hand, they > > > show that you know something about a new technology. Good luck > > > getting anything like that from a university program. On the other > > > hand, they are problem for people who need to constantly recertify. > > > Some days I wish I was a plumber, not a lot you need to know after the > > > 5th year. > > > > > > While some people pass certifications with only a rudimentary
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