Once, not very long ago, I had a Dilbert comic that stayed on my desk for about a year. The comic showed a intresting portly gentlemen wearing a cape with a Big Letter "C" on the front. He steps in front of the server raises his hands and says "I summer the almighty power of certification.....!" Promptly, of course, nothing happens. He is then heard to utter by Dilbert, "Well Dar, thats all i remember from the class..."
This, in retrospect, has been the majority of my experience with graduates of so called Technical "Schools" AKA Boot Camps, were the clientele/would-be-Techs spend 2 to 5 weeks cramming for a certification. Then when it comes time to actually troubleshoot problems, they are useless because everything they know is based on verbage and passing a test.
College Education does not neccesarily exclude this either. I have a collge graduate on my staff, with an Associates Degree in Computer Information, who does not know how to Map a Network drive.
Relatively simple thing, but is actually a question I use to judge peoples ability. If you can't map a network drive, I don't need you.
I worked PC in the *)'s and mid 90's and with the influx of "Boot campers" i left the industry in outrage. I got in to working Telecommunications where my skills were greatly wanted and I succeeded very well with it.
The Telecom crash has suddenly had me bombarded with people from the PC industry wanting to work for them, so now I am pushed back in to an industry I left the better part of 6 years ago.
The Bootcampers are slowly dying out, or are being weeded out from what i can see. Occasionaly one shows up with "The Latest and Greatest Certificate" from "Howiescruem Technologies", but they are not as prominent as they once were.\
I think overall it is a good thing. I think bootcamps are bad, if you intend on trying to get, say, a Network Admin Job based on solely your cert. However if you want to take one for a refresher course, by all means do so.
You'll find your rentention rate for one versus just asking a professor to sit in on one of the local Community Colleges Classes (I do this pretty regularly. You'd be surprised at how many proffesors say "Sure go ahead!")
Porn nothing.
What about the Baked bean, or Mexican Bean Dip industries?
God forbid frat houses get this.
"Hey Tom, hows it hangin?" >*RIP*
This could get ugly.
Although we might see a definite increase in i-Cam websites for Singles:-)
Heres an intresting thought.
I live in Benton County, Arkansas.
It is a dry county. No alcohol is sold in the grocery stores, gas stations or otherwise.
A smattering of restraunts sell it, but then only with a membership (by law anyway)
I've been here quite a while. In that time I have been asked for a membership card exactly once in a year. I go out almost every Friday night and Saturday in the local Bentonville/Rogers are.
On May 28, 2002 we had 128 DUI's.
This in a "dry" county.
I Having no problem with getting my hands on enough alcohol to turn me green at age 16 I think a 18 yr old drinking age is fine. Having served with the Army for 7 years I firmly stand by that statement.
Alcholism is a disease like anything else, but laws are made to set people who use any form of recreation, up for failure.
I had a Lt who was arrested for PUI while standing outside of a bar waiting on a taxi while I was stationed in Seattle.
The laws these days should be greatly thought through thuroughly, as opposed to merely writing something for votes. Maybe even a group to "edit" laws.
The renowned Lincoln/Douglas debate comes in to play here. The idea that law is written to protect someone explicitly, versus the reason why the law was written. A good example would have been the officers could merely have confirmed my Lt was waiting ona taxi and no wrong would have occured or drummed him out of service for his violation.
Such lack of ability to see past the nose of the writing in the law books is what causes the slow paranoia that is over taking people to think that , instead of the way we were raised, police are now the bad guy, instead of the good guy.
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Once, not very long ago, I had a Dilbert comic that stayed on my desk for about a year.
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The comic showed a intresting portly gentlemen wearing a cape with a Big Letter "C" on the front.
He steps in front of the server raises his hands and says
"I summer the almighty power of certification.....!"
Promptly, of course, nothing happens.
He is then heard to utter by Dilbert, "Well Dar, thats all i remember from the class..."
This, in retrospect, has been the majority of my experience with graduates of so called Technical "Schools" AKA Boot Camps, were the clientele/would-be-Techs spend 2 to 5 weeks cramming for a certification. Then when it comes time to actually troubleshoot problems, they are useless because everything they know is based on verbage and passing a test.
College Education does not neccesarily exclude this either. I have a collge graduate on my staff, with an Associates Degree in Computer Information, who does not know how to Map a Network drive.
Relatively simple thing, but is actually a question I use to judge peoples ability.
If you can't map a network drive, I don't need you.
I worked PC in the *)'s and mid 90's and with the influx of "Boot campers" i left the industry in outrage. I got in to working Telecommunications where my skills were greatly wanted and I succeeded very well with it.
The Telecom crash has suddenly had me bombarded with people from the PC industry wanting to work for them, so now I am pushed back in to an industry I left the better part of 6 years ago.
The Bootcampers are slowly dying out, or are being weeded out from what i can see. Occasionaly one shows up with "The Latest and Greatest Certificate" from "Howiescruem Technologies", but they are not as prominent as they once were.\
I think overall it is a good thing. I think bootcamps are bad, if you intend on trying to get, say, a Network Admin Job based on solely your cert. However if you want to take one for a refresher course, by all means do so.
You'll find your rentention rate for one versus just asking a professor to sit in on one of the local Community Colleges Classes (I do this pretty regularly. You'd be surprised at how many proffesors say "Sure go ahead!")
Just my
Porn nothing. What about the Baked bean, or Mexican Bean Dip industries? God forbid frat houses get this. "Hey Tom, hows it hangin?" >*RIP* This could get ugly. Although we might see a definite increase in i-Cam websites for Singles :-)
Heres an intresting thought. I live in Benton County, Arkansas. It is a dry county. No alcohol is sold in the grocery stores, gas stations or otherwise. A smattering of restraunts sell it, but then only with a membership (by law anyway) I've been here quite a while. In that time I have been asked for a membership card exactly once in a year. I go out almost every Friday night and Saturday in the local Bentonville/Rogers are. On May 28, 2002 we had 128 DUI's. This in a "dry" county. I Having no problem with getting my hands on enough alcohol to turn me green at age 16 I think a 18 yr old drinking age is fine. Having served with the Army for 7 years I firmly stand by that statement. Alcholism is a disease like anything else, but laws are made to set people who use any form of recreation, up for failure. I had a Lt who was arrested for PUI while standing outside of a bar waiting on a taxi while I was stationed in Seattle. The laws these days should be greatly thought through thuroughly, as opposed to merely writing something for votes. Maybe even a group to "edit" laws. The renowned Lincoln/Douglas debate comes in to play here. The idea that law is written to protect someone explicitly, versus the reason why the law was written. A good example would have been the officers could merely have confirmed my Lt was waiting ona taxi and no wrong would have occured or drummed him out of service for his violation. Such lack of ability to see past the nose of the writing in the law books is what causes the slow paranoia that is over taking people to think that , instead of the way we were raised, police are now the bad guy, instead of the good guy.