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I once was in a class sitting beside a CCIE that asked me what the command syntax was. I have no faith in the certified. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Levine [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 2:50 PM To: Daniel Roesen Cc: Nanog List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [Re: This may be stupid but.. ] On Nov 10, 2003, at 2:38 PM, Daniel Roesen wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 12:51:55PM -0500, Fisher, Shawn wrote: >> I agree certifications are overated at best. >> >> Give me someone with the right attitude and I'll teach him anything. >> >> Showing the ability to get things done is the greatest skill imo. > > I once read the following and saved it away... > > "Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; > third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and > least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without > motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is > limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without > knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and > quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities." > > Have no clue who's the origin. So what you're saying is you want cisco to certify people's integrity? :) > > > Best regards, > Daniel > > -- Matt Levine <[email protected]> "The Trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." -BIX
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