Not surprised to read about this. MSCE and other such qualifications are purely a form of 'vocational training'. Thus as technology changes companies will ellicit more $$ for new training courses, ie a form of self perpetuating money making enterprise. The underlying assumption being that someone who has an MCSE with 'older' subjects is incapable of adapting their skill stes to the new technologies. Some can and some will not be able to. The vagaries of humans !. AS an employer, just because a candidate has an MSCE does not mean that its a guarantee that one is not employiung a 'lemon'. My hope is that as the new Linux Cerification course come along, maybe instead of focussing on 'vocational' needs maybe some eudcation about computers and operating systems is included so that people that finish of such certification courses have a life time skill sets rather than specific skills that gives them short term immediate employement.
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Not surprised to read about this. MSCE and other such qualifications are purely a form of 'vocational training'. Thus as technology changes companies will ellicit more $$ for new training courses, ie a form of self perpetuating money making enterprise. The underlying assumption being that someone who has an MCSE with 'older' subjects is incapable of adapting their skill stes to the new technologies. Some can and some will not be able to. The vagaries of humans !. AS an employer, just because a candidate has an MSCE does not mean that its a guarantee that one is not employiung a 'lemon'. My hope is that as the new Linux Cerification course come along, maybe instead of focussing on 'vocational' needs maybe some eudcation about computers and operating systems is included so that people that finish of such certification courses have a life time skill sets rather than specific skills that gives them short term immediate employement.