[thelist] Web Developer Certification

[MarsHall]

On Monday, Nov 25, 2002, at 15:35 US/Central, Bill Haenel wrote:
> 2. Should certification in our (mostly) technical field of web
> development
> be required? Should it at least be preferred?

Web Dev is a far to rapid-changing and creative field to have
Certifications mean *anything*.

Any developer worth their salt will have real-world examples of what
they can do, which will always be their ticket for any given job and
its requirements.

I could see degrees in Computer Sciences, MIS, Communications and
Marketing as being the best paper-based qualifiers for Web workers, but
I am NOT degreed, and do not believe that such broadly-recognized
degrees mean anything accept that the holder has proved that they can
accomplish something when they put their mind to it.

Mars :)