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Are IT Certifications Meaningless?

Posted by michael on from the worth-the-paper-it's-printed-on dept.

superflippy writes "In his article Hiding Behind Certification, MIT's Michael Schrage argues that CIOs who rely too heavily on certifications as a measure of an employee or sub-contractor's abilities are wasting their companies' money."

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  1. Oh well. by dj245 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was going to reply to this, but I don't have my SCIWE (Slashdot certified insightful writing engineer) certification.

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    Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
  2. Re:MSCE by dzym · · Score: 5, Funny
    Such as remembering that the proper acronym is MCSE not MSCE.

    Do you also let the FBI pick up your garbage instead of the BFI?

  3. Re:How to tell if the interviewer is clueless by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where do you see yourself in five years?

    Well, let's see, it's 11 A.M. I guess that means I'd be getting out of the shower to refill my beer mug.

    KFG

  4. Re:Not entirely useless... (Re:o but yes) by tigerc · · Score: 5, Funny

    MCSE Certification

  5. Re:Experience is worth a lot more by Cybersonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I completely agree. People skills are much more important than lousy certifications...

    -Ralph Bonnell - CISSP, LPIC-2, CCSI, CCSE+, CCNA, RSA/CSE, CSFE, eSCE, PCIA, ACIA, STAR, MIPS-I, MIPS-E, SCP, BSPE, SSE, MCSE 2000 - http://ralph.cx/resume/

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    Cybie! aka Ralph Bonnell
  6. Re:Not entirely useless... (Re:o but yes) by ballwall · · Score: 5, Funny

    MCSE:Security... I was trying to come up with a punch line for that, but it pretty much holds its own.