Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on?

[Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net>]

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.

cheers,
--dr

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