[thelist] Certification...[OT]

J. Blanchard jay.blanchard at thermon.com
Fri Jun 29 08:26:12 CDT 2001


Are we missing the boat here? Potential customers/employers just barely (sometimes) know enough to ask for a portfolio when it comes to web developers. What they do ask for is certification...those little important looking pieces of paper that seem to carry some weight. Believe me, my BA in Advanced Basket Weaving (computer science minor), while it is impressive to those potential clients/employers looking for a degree, does nothing for me in the web development category.

There is quite a bit of experience within this group, some have MSCE certs in specific areas, some have pieces of paper indicating participation in a seminar, forum, conference, or what have you. But most (I'd venture) have no form of 'proof' that they can develop for the web. (Membership in thelist is like attending web development university though.) Evolt University...has a nice ring to it.

Just the various disciplines mentioned in a single day's worth of posts!

Should we, as the cognitive elite of the web, perhaps look into accepting the social responsibility of doing something about this? 

Jay Blanchard
Web Development Manager
Thermon Indutries, Inc.
1.800.820.HEAT x327

DISCLAIMER: How I got this thoughtful on a Friday morning is beyond me given the week from he11 I have had.

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