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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > Thus spake "Stephen Kowalchuk" <[email protected]> > > 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. -- Steve Sobol, CTO (Server Guru, Network Janitor and Head Geek) JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET http://JustThe.net "In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user/You've got your own newsgroup: alt.total.loser" - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About the Pentiums"
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