Get Certified?
Lately I see everyone in IT running after certifications except for me.
I personally think that this piece of paper doesn’t mean anything
especially if you don’t do what you are certified for all the time. Like
for me I got some crappy Oracle DBA training at New Horizons long time
ago but after a couple of months I forgot it all since it wasn’t a
hands-on training mostly and since I don’t use oracle everyday. This
training would’ve helped me to get certified then but if I had gotten
the certification it would’ve meant that I know the stuff covered which
I don’t really. Most people just cram for the exam and after a while
forget everything so why get certified in the first place? The only
reason I can think of is to be considered at other companies for a new
job which is a valid reason but in my case since I’m fairly happy with
my current job shall I go after certification for the future?
on May 23rd, 2005 at 1:28 pm
The whole reason people push the certification is about numbers:
First the company that makes the software/hardware can say they have X number of people who are certified and know how to use their product. Its good when they want to sell the product to a company and the company worries about support issues.
Then there are the companies that teach it, they make tons of money from it. They dont care if you learn or not, as long as you pay the money and past your test.
on May 23rd, 2005 at 1:52 pm
Got milk?
on May 23rd, 2005 at 3:56 pm
Yep a few cartons…
on May 28th, 2005 at 10:08 am
Here is the story:
MCSE NT4 and MCSE 2000
Lotus Notes 4.6 and R5
Sun Solaris 2.7 and 8
Red Hat Linux
Java
CCNA
and after all of that certification, I got a marketing job :)
on May 28th, 2005 at 11:33 am
LoL but was it all worth it?!
on May 28th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
not a single bit
it was lost money and time,
who need to know how to install and manage Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino 4.6 :(