Posted by Miguel Cruz on 08/06/06 22:02

"dawnerd" <dawnerd@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem with IT jobs, at least that I have seen, is that employers
> don't know much about what they are hiring you for, but know what certs
> are and in turn only hire people who go out and get certified, even if
> someone who isn't certified can do a better job.
>
> I don't think it's really even needed to go to college to get into
> programming. If you know what your doing, well isn't that enough? To
> some it is, but again, employers often rely only on a certificate that
> you know what you are doing.

I usually consider certs on the resume/CV as a strike against someone,
unless mitigated by clear evidence of actual competence. I know I am not
the only one who thinks that way.

CS degrees seem to correlate much more highly to usefulness than
certifications. Of course, nothing beats someone who can show me a
smoothly-operating web application and walk me through the source code,
but in order to winnow the list down to a few people to take to that
stage, I have to throw out a big pile of MCSEs.

miguel
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