ok, so you are confirming your skills and don't trust you own 31 years of experience. it's not about whether you take the test or even pass them; it's about why you put them on a resume that should highlight 31 years of experience.
Certificates are _great_ for filtering. I've interviewed hundreds of people. The ones with certificates on their resume's never got past the first few minutes of a phone screen. Now it's even easier, they never get a call. I encourage everyone who isn't sure their skills are strong enough to get certifications and put them on their resume.
you might be violating my patent on how to select qualified candidates. oh wait... i didn't file it.
New Jersey Bell did this back in the 1970s, i one of my bills to be over by just one penny. when i called to complain, the most common response i got was "it's just a penny". i often countered with "it's just a penny". it took about 40 calls before someone credited my account for $0.01.
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...buy an Enigma.
...by sequencing cancer.
if you get 1000 resumes and 40 of them list no certs, now what would you do?
Odd. My employer has invested thousands on training.
so there is nothing to learn on the job there? dare you name this company? sounds like a place i would not want to work.
evidence for the unskilled ... like the HR morons in a big corp that limits managers.
ok, so you are confirming your skills and don't trust you own 31 years of experience. it's not about whether you take the test or even pass them; it's about why you put them on a resume that should highlight 31 years of experience.
Certificates are _great_ for filtering. I've interviewed hundreds of people. The ones with certificates on their resume's never got past the first few minutes of a phone screen. Now it's even easier, they never get a call. I encourage everyone who isn't sure their skills are strong enough to get certifications and put them on their resume.
you might be violating my patent on how to select qualified candidates. oh wait ... i didn't file it.
i would .... not hire the ones with certifications ... proof they waste time doing useless stuff.
i bet some terrorists designed it.
wow, the scumbags actually have a "yes, really delete" button.
... terminate the outbound call department in whole and outsource it all to a scammer in another country.
how do you figure that? you do know THIS IS Slasdot?
the stockholders get to vote.
New Jersey Bell did this back in the 1970s, i one of my bills to be over by just one penny. when i called to complain, the most common response i got was "it's just a penny". i often countered with "it's just a penny". it took about 40 calls before someone credited my account for $0.01.
... spammers start using it.
i use 127.0.0.127 .... it's a longer address.
not really ... my home comcast is still ipv4-only. i have to tunnel out to get to v6 space to test http://ipv6.linuxhomepage.com/
... to read my latest password in clear text: j6apZVsxrXwFZ?P8,BdVb9uz1Q=:Ephq
and today's programmers would feel it is more real if they are working with virtual instances ... that or a 3-d printed copy.
virtualization is the solution. if it fails, just make a new copy.
Talented engineers may see managing a team as the next step to growing their careers
why waste programming talent? lock them to the keyboard.
space will correct planet Earth this way. why interfere?
so how much success have you had?
or steer a black hole in front them