[97426] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 24x7 Support Strategies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chuck goolsbee)
Thu Jun 14 11:54:04 2007
In-Reply-To: <A0557C1F-E33E-455B-BAF2-D1538BA5CC11@ca.afilias.info>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:51:09 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: chuck goolsbee <chucklist@forest.net>
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>Does anybody actually put any stock in the presence or absence of
>vendor certifications on a resume when judging the
>capabilities of an engineer?
No stock whatsoever. In fact when we advertise open positions we
stress that experience and capability are FAR more important to us
than certification.
>There's no correlation between certification and capability, in my experience.
Certification is merely a secondary revenue stream for said vendors, period.
--chuck
