[thelist] Hiring Eye Opener - Web Skills Testing (long)

Tue Feb 26 09:35:01 CST 2002

how well we all remember the world of the paper CNE!<grin>

my first job was as a low-level Novell LAN monkey, making accounts, playing
with the print server, and doing simple user support. i got my certification
for this and passed the little set of tests.

this testing regime soon fell completely out of favor and became a joke as
millions of people who had never seen a server but who had memorized the
books took the tests, passed them all perfectly and yet couldn't tell a
small computer systems interface card ("scuzzy") from a network card ("nic")
when faced with them in real life.

these people would have passed your test admirably but left ya cryin' in
your beer, i'm afraid. . .

the whole process left me kinda sour on the entire "test & certify" regime
personally.

jes' my 2 buffalo nickels,

f

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