I read this with some disdainful level of interest, mainly because I'd just been terminated from Diablo2 in the midst of a whirlwinding, slashing, capricious caper through the mean little NPC's with my brawny barbarian. Hmmm, says I, he want's a little training so he can put a smiley face on his resume next to a CCNA cert, eh? Well, one shouldn't complain so readily about the "train-to-the-exams" attitude of these schools and boot camps. After all, says I, these companies simply practice the old adage.."Give the People What they Want." And unfortunatly what so many want are IT jobs paying $70,000 and up with out taking the time and effort to actually be competent! Sad but true, har har. Before ye makes me walk the plank you land-lubbin' Slash dotter's here me...Certifications are good for those of ye who've spent the countless hours doing the real grunt work, working with idiot users who think the CD bay is a nice drink holder and a keyboard should work fine even after wiping the peanut butter and jelly from the keys, but too many nincompoops are walking away from the gas station and fast food joints and screaming for certifications. I say we start a new. Make 'em work a help desk for a minimum of a year for the Molly Goodhead Institute for the Criminally insane and holders of IQ's under 80. If they survive, then we move em to bench techs...and so on. We'll weed out the technically challenged in a very short period of time, breath new value into certifications, and the world will be a better place, with cherry blossoms and shapely lasses fogging the glasses of the future Bill Gates (and his eager alter-ego's) of the world....Oh, sorry...was I dreaming again? What I meant to say is, if you find what you are looking for, share the wealth of information. If it's a boot camp, go to the folks at Hands On Technology Transfer. They are notorious for NOT teaching to the exam.
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I read this with some disdainful level of interest, mainly because I'd just been terminated from Diablo2 in the midst of a whirlwinding, slashing, capricious caper through the mean little NPC's with my brawny barbarian. Hmmm, says I, he want's a little training so he can put a smiley face on his resume next to a CCNA cert, eh? Well, one shouldn't complain so readily about the "train-to-the-exams" attitude of these schools and boot camps. After all, says I, these companies simply practice the old adage.."Give the People What they Want." And unfortunatly what so many want are IT jobs paying $70,000 and up with out taking the time and effort to actually be competent! Sad but true, har har. Before ye makes me walk the plank you land-lubbin' Slash dotter's here me...Certifications are good for those of ye who've spent the countless hours doing the real grunt work, working with idiot users who think the CD bay is a nice drink holder and a keyboard should work fine even after wiping the peanut butter and jelly from the keys, but too many nincompoops are walking away from the gas station and fast food joints and screaming for certifications. I say we start a new. Make 'em work a help desk for a minimum of a year for the Molly Goodhead Institute for the Criminally insane and holders of IQ's under 80. If they survive, then we move em to bench techs...and so on. We'll weed out the technically challenged in a very short period of time, breath new value into certifications, and the world will be a better place, with cherry blossoms and shapely lasses fogging the glasses of the future Bill Gates (and his eager alter-ego's) of the world....Oh, sorry...was I dreaming again? What I meant to say is, if you find what you are looking for, share the wealth of information. If it's a boot camp, go to the folks at Hands On Technology Transfer. They are notorious for NOT teaching to the exam. Har har...