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Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on?
From: Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:40:48 -0700
On 5-Oct-08, at 4:59 PM, Jay D. Dyson wrote:
To be perfectly blunt, just because someone *claims* they have "over 100 certifications" doesn't mean they actually do. Based on that simple reality, I have to dismiss outright your claim that there's anything broken about today's certifications at all.
I wouldn't even worry about verifying a claim of "having over 100 certs." The claim alone makes the claimer a verified "paper tiger" - who should probably be exempted from whatever selection process for just being dumb by making that claim.
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- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on?, (continued)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Terry Cutler (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? David Howe (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Jay D. Dyson (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? brendan (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Jay D. Dyson (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? David Howe (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Jimmy Brokaw (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? brendan (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Jon Kibler (Oct 05)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? John Mason Jr (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Matt - MRS Security (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Dragos Ruiu (Oct 08)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Terry Cutler (Oct 05)
- RE: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? John Babio (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? R. DuFresne (Oct 06)
- RE: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Ray Chow (Oct 06)
- RE: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? R. DuFresne (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Matt - MRS Security (Oct 07)
- RE: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Stuart Criddle (Oct 08)
- RE: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Ray Chow (Oct 06)
- Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on? Jon Kibler (Oct 09)