| Darwin Fisk 2002-10-05, 6:39 pm |
| I agree, mine was in large part for marketing. I have over 20 years in the
industry, but I needed the certs to market that experience. It's a cold
world out there today, we can't afford not to arm ourselves with all the
tools we can get.
My two cents (and four if I market it right),
DAF
--
Darwin A. Fisk Jr.; MCSE, MCDBA, MCAD
President,
Dot Net Designs LLC
Enabling business by inovation & integration
"Trevor Grant" <mn_ik@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#Z#pE4OVCHA.1340@tkmsftngp10...
> It would help advance your knowledge as the certification process forces
you
> to look at all aspects of the product. As to whether it advances your
> career, well, that would largely depend on how you market yourself 
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> trevor
>
> "NewCoder" <bagged_123@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:#enb7aHUCHA.1648@tkmsftngp08...
> > Since I have about 4 yrs of web development and a year or so of VB,
would
> a
> > cert for VB or .NET help me out and advance my career?
> >
> > In my current job I have more experience and knowledge then our tech
lead
> > and they have be debugging code all day every day.
> >
> > So I'm looking to actually develope applications
> >
> > "TS" <mnm@nol.net> wrote in message
> > news:93f901c2505e$d8d634e0$2ae
2c90a@phx.gbl...
> > > Well, I said it helps weed them out ... but you are right
> > > experience counts. That's the next thing you look for,
> > > but that is not to say that non certs have less
> > > knowledge/experience than a cert ... that definitely
> > > happens. Typically, non certs with the right knowledge
> > > and experience get looked over because 1. They aren't
> > > good BSrs and 2. They aren't certified.
> > >
> > > One of those you can control right now. If you get passed
> > > over after being certified because you are not a good BSr,
> > > then you don't want to work there anyway because you'll be
> > > working with the bottom of the barrel and it won't be any
> > > fun. I've done that too ... believe me ... you don't want
> > > to go there.
> > >
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Then a question is, how experienced should someone be
> > > before getting
> > > >certified?
> > > >"TS" <mnm@nol.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:a77e01c25054$6e84d830$a5e
62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
> > > >> If you have worked with people that have been certified
> > > >> and worked with those that aren't, then you can
> > > definitely
> > > >> tell a difference. It may not be like this in your
> > > city,
> > > >> but here there are A LOT of BSrs that are getting into
> > > >> positions they shouldn't be. I.E., I know a guy who's
> > > in
> > > >> tight with an IT manager who keeps throwing million
> > > dollar
> > > >> projects his way ... where he is the only or lead
> > > dev ...
> > > >> he keeps screwing up and costs the business users
> > > >> millions. I came in after he screwed up an app that
> > > after
> > > >> 2.5 million and 1.5 years had 2/3 not working. It took
> > > me
> > > >> only $50k and 2.5 months to fix it and get all of it
> > > >> working, scalable and flexible. Even after that, he
> > > >> blammed the technology which really ticked me off.
> > > >>
> > > >> In my humble opinion, the certs really help weed those
> > > >> out ...
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >I'm currently a web developer with about 4 yrs
> > > experience
> > > >> and about 1 yr or
> > > >> >so of VB. I'm looking to get MCSD or the new MCAD
> > > >> for .NET, but my question
> > > >> >is what advantages are there to have the cert and
> > > could I
> > > >> still get MCP for
> > > >> >VB ?
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >.
> > > >> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
> >
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