I got into the computer field because it appealed to my short attention span. The job and technology you work with today is completely different then the technology of next year. This also creates a downside, constant recertification. I wouldn't mind recertification if it meant something.
Microsoft's tests are so silly that you can get certified with little or no experience like I did when I was starting out. I'm currently finishing up the MCSE 2003 certification and yes I have learned a few new things, but I don't remember half of the things that were on the first test I took because I don't them everyday.
It's not only Microsoft that is that way, it's education in general, which is more important, having a degree or a marketable skill set? I have a former co-worker that is working a math degree. I wouldn't hesitate to turn my network over to him, but the former co-worker that got a Masters degree in CS? I wouldn't leave him alone with a workstation. I have a degree in Accounting of all things and have been told I need a CS degree to get anywhere. I guess those classes in Fortran and Pascal would come in handy when trying to upgrade a Windows infrastructure as opposed to being to explain how spending $5,000 on a new disk array will provide a 200% ROI by providing faster access time to client data.
Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop
6 years ago
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A degree just shows you can start and finish something. I doesn't even matter what you major in nowadays.
We live in a Brave New World. Huxley's words of back then told us this time would be coming.
I'm not a fan of technology in general. In my perfect world, we'd all be playing Atari and be free of those damn cell phones that disconnect and disturb us in our natural states.
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