[180543] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (shawn wilson)
Sat Jun 6 12:45:12 2015
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From: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2015 12:44:49 -0400
To: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>, Brandon Ross <bross@pobox.com>
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On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Brandon Ross <bross@pobox.com> wrote:
>> I also concur. There is most certainly a negative correlation between certs
>> and clue in my experience, having met 10s of certificate holders.
>
> Oh good. Maybe my total lack of ever pursuing one of these things is actually
> a qualification of sorts?
>
Meh, certs can be fun. I've never taken one and not learned something.
I don't think someone should put me in charge of designing a SOC
because I have a Security+ or that BestBuy should trust people with
(or w/o) and A+ to fix computers. But I'll bet the journey people took
to get that cert taught them something. Having gained the cert, does
that mean it doesn't belong on a resume? No. If you hire someone with
just a cert to manage your network, does that put you among the
biggest dumbasses to ever hire someone? Absolutely. Further, HR who
look for certs are probably doing themselves a disservice but if it
works for them, who am I to tell them otherwise. If you want to work
for the company, get the cert or don't.
