Certifications - Thoughts?

[Blake Barnett]

I took the RedHat cert through them and finished it in 15 minutes (I
think they give you an hour and a half!) , and was certified "Master
Linux Red Hat Administrator" (the title still cracks me up).    I took
it for free otherwise I wouldn't have done it...

All in all, it was an accurate test, but in general I think
certifications are retarded.  They don't reflect real-world knowledge,
only a hands-on test can do that.  And it would require some
subjectivity to judge.

I think they're more of a fun 'test your knowledge' type of thing than
something to hang on your wall and be proud of.  Things like that
require years to acquire (college diploma, etc).


On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 06:24, George Toft wrote:
> I'm not going to ask if anyone has an opinion - not on this list - rather,
> I would like to know what people's thoughts are on BrainBench Certs.
> 
> George
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