On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 02:49, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:18:21PM -0800, Barry deFreese wrote: > > We're not talking about reality here, we're talking about corporate > > America! :-) I agree that certification doesn't necessarily keep you up > > to date in reality, but it looks that way on paper, which unfortunately > > too many people rely on. As with most things, it's all about perception... > > Yeah, but why would I want to work for a company that doesn't care who > I am or what I know as long as I've been suckered into spending about > what I think is a reasonable price for a car for a "magic" piece of > paper? Isn't there a fairy tale about this? Didn't the hero get > crushed by a giant? Reminds me of the guy I worked with that took a Bachelor's degree from the University of Waterloo through correspondence while he was working in the IS division of the company. I was one of the few that actually looked at the degree certificate in his office - most people assumed "works with computers, University of Waterloo - must be a B.Math in Computer Science." It was a BA in Psychology. Definitely in those days, anyone that went to UW (such as myself) looked upon the Arts Faculty existing as a source for easy electives for those in other faculties, and we had *no* internal respect for the university's BAs. Fact is, unless you know what the certificate involves in obtaining it, you have no reason to extend any expectations of the holder relative to anyone else, but while even most competent HR departments understand that, the various managers and the bean counters in the operating departments don't clue into that :( Just look at the alphabet soup I put after my name - works well at getting my foot in doors for consulting contracts, but how many know what any of those actually mean? Guess which one means that I know how to tie a necktie ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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