Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on?


On 5-Oct-08, at 4:59 PM, Jay D. Dyson wrote:
To be perfectly blunt, just because someone *claims* they have "over 100 certifications" doesn't mean they actually do. Based on that simple reality, I have to dismiss outright your claim that there's anything broken about today's certifications at all.

I wouldn't even worry about verifying a claim of "having over 100 certs." The claim alone makes the claimer a verified "paper tiger" - who should probably be exempted from whatever selection process for just being dumb by making that claim.

cheers,
--dr

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