[48226] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Certification or College degrees?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Sat May 25 02:55:11 2002
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 17:54:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Stephen Sprunk <ssprunk@cisco.com>
Cc: Stephen Kowalchuk <skowalchuk@diamonex.com>,
Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>,
Nanog List <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <048c01c201ed$8f2d68f0$9d876540@amer.cisco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
> Thus spake "Stephen Kowalchuk" <skowalchuk@diamonex.com>
> > Certification in the IT industry has become a nightmare
> > because people who are less than clueful have abused it in
> > the hiring and compensation processes.
>
> Picture yourself as a job-seeker three years ago. Every recruiter you call
> hangs up on you because you don't have a CCNA. What's the obvious
> conclusion? CCNA == job.
>
> Try getting an accounting job without being a CPA; it's possible in some
> states, but it's not easy.
Your analogy is flawed. You have to be certified by the local bar
association to practice law in most states, and unless I'm mistaken (and
I might be) you have to have taken the CPA test and be certified as a CPA,
because the government says so.
--
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