RE: [PHP] PHP Certification
| From: | Warren Vail | Date: | Fri, 27 Jun 2003 03:52:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] PHP Certification | ||
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Certification programs, imho, exist primarily for two reasons;
1. it allows developers with little experience to add credibility to their
claims that they know how to develop software.
2. it allows non-technical people involved in the hiring chain to make
judgements when they have no clue at all how to judge good technical
competence. Course, after you've been around a while, you learn that you
cannot do a proper job of judging anyone's competence, even after many hours
of interviews. The proof is in the project outcome.
3. Ok, I forgot the third reason... Someone will make lots of money selling
training materials and administering the tests. Did you really think
Microsoft got into this side of the business just to improve the quality of
technical consulting.
my 2 cents (ok, maybe 4 cents),
Warren Vail
warren@vailtech.net
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From: daniel@electroteque.org [mailto:daniel@electroteque.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Certification
I find the value of such certification programs
> extremely questionable.
here here :D
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