Re: Certification vs. Degree

From: JWMeritt (jwmeritt@aol.com)
Date: 03/06/02 

From: jwmeritt@aol.com (JWMeritt)
Date: 06 Mar 2002 16:31:49 GMT

 teknopath asked for thought on:
> Master's Degree are
>always thought of as being important, but I seem to think a
>Certification with some practical experience would be more beneficial.
>Any thought?

There are numerous places that will screen on MS (without even asking what it
is a degree in).

You neglected to specify beneficial for what? I have a MS, a few appropriate
degrees, and have been 'in the business' for over a decade and a half as my
second career - the first was a couple of decades in an unrelated field.

James W. Meritt, CISSP, CISA

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