[thelist] Certification...[OT] mess#13 [sandy] re: thanx

[Kevin]

I appreciate the insight

Thank You
Kevin


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> > If you were trainning yourself to become a developer today; Your saying
> that
> > you wouldn't give any credibility to these certifications?
> >
>
> Kevin,
>
> That's not quite what I meant.  I give them credibility, I just wouldn't
> hire someone solely because they had "x" certification.  Self-taught is
> okay, too!  Like someone mentioned earlier, NOTHING means more than
> experience and proof of what you can do.  I can't specifically say there's
> anything I can do now, that I couldn't do before I took the classes - it
> just broadened and deepened my understanding of how some things work and
> interact.
>
> For example, I learned lots of stuff I didn't know in my CIW classes, but
> there wasn't much time spent on actual DESIGN!  Hello!  Color
combinations,
> effective navigation, good graphics and a million other things are
critical
> to being a good web designer.  It was definitely a more technically sided
> class.
>
> There are people out there who can write code and scripts to turn the
world
> upside down, but have no design ability - and then there's people out
there
> that have great design sense, but couldn't write code if their life
depended
> on it, and there's people somewhere in the middle.
>
> Personally, I'm more on the design side of the coin, but I can hack "free"
> code to make it do what I want, and if I can't (or there isn't anything
out
> there to do what I want it to do), I pay one of those wonderful coders to
do
> it for me!  I've been beginning to learn PHP (choose that because it's
free
> and cross-platform), but I'm too busy with my design work to dedicate the
> appropriate time to make it truly functional for my clients.
>
> It's tough to get up to speed on everything (and STAYING on top) - design,
> coding, technology - all at once!  Form alliances with people you meet
that
> are strong on the elements you're not.  And you don't have to give away
the
> store.  My guys do what I want within about 2 hours for minimal cost and
> never even ask to get credit on the site.  I only have to use them once in
a
> while - but love them!!!!
>
> Keep plugging along and good luck!
>
> Sandy
>