[48125] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Certification or College degrees?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharif Torpis)
Wed May 22 20:59:05 2002
From: Sharif Torpis <faust@grift.com>
To: <ssprunk@cisco.com>, Nigel Clarke <nigel@forever-networks.com>,
Stephen Kowalchuk <skowalchuk@diamonex.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Cc: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>,
Nanog List <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:56:24 -0700
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On Wed, 22 May 2002 18:29:52 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
>Thus spake "Nigel Clarke" <nigel@forever-networks.com>
>>Certifications are a waste of time. You'd be better off
>>obtaining a Computer Science degree and focusing on the
>>core technologies.
>
>If you're looking to write software, sure. A CompSci degree=
won't
>help you
>in the slightest at operating networks.
Don't forget to tell all the kids that smoking doesn't cause=
cancer
either. A CompSci degree will help one inordinately to operate a=
network. It is sad that so few in this field realize this.
Regards,
Sharif
