[thelist] Certification...[OT]

[Erik Mattheis]

The only time not having certification has clearly hurt me was in 
loosing a bid despite the fact that our bid was clearly the best 
(someone slid the other bids to me). The situation was this: nobody 
at the client knew jack about database applications except their 
hired gun computer tech guy, who had his MSCE, a watery understanding 
of "boolean" and knew that ColdFusion was "like a limited version of 
ASP."

I dunno ... certification - I've answered the question and still got 
the project ... I think most situations are going to be:

a. See certification as a big plus and be so full of Certified Idiots 
that you'd run screaming.

b. Be impressed by an answer like "Technology changes so quickly I 
don't have time to prove what I know, especially when the technology 
I was going to be tested on will be outdated by the time 
certification arrives."

c. Be able to evaluate you without looking for letters after your name.

PS - regarding the story from above, the time line was to have the 
application built and deployed in March ... as of this Monday, they 
haven't seen one stitch of anything.
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- Erik Mattheis

Weaning self off M$.
Learning Linux.
Waiting for OS X apps.
Still wants to see flying saucer.

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