Certifications - Thoughts?

[George Toft]

I just found out today what MCSE stands for:
Must Call Someone Else



I was talking to an MS drone while pursuing my MSIS.  "MSIS?"
he said.  "What Microsoft certification is that?"  

I replied: "It's a Master of Science Information Systems."

Doooh.


I almost forgot:
"We are not Microsoft bigots, we are Linux enthusiasts."

George


Digital Wokan wrote:
> 
> I think you hit one nail on the head.  I prefer a Brainbench cert to an
> MS cert.  MS certs are relatively easy to get because MS wants drones
> out there continuing the empire.  Not easy to find an MCSE who would
> suggest anything other than Windows.  (They exist, but they're far rarer
> than the drone army.)  Cisco is respectable since they are already
> considered top of the line hardware and want their certs to reflect top
> of the line administrators and installers.  Contrast that to MS's
> software which is top of the dung-heap... oh, look at the shiny blinky
> flashy things on my Windows system...  Sorry, what was I saying?
> 
> "Robert A. Klahn" wrote:
> >
> > I was contacted by Brainbench themselves about a job after taking one of their UNIX tests. I did not take the job, I was happy with the one I had. I lived close to them (Northern Virgina) at the time.
> >
> > I took the test because A) it was free, and B) someone whom I had interviewed put it on their resume. I wanted to see if it counted for anything.
> >
> > Overall, I have more confidence in their tests, because at least they are independent of the vendors.
> >
> > Bob.
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:56:49 -0700
> > "David A. Sinck" <plug-discuss@grueslayer.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > \_ SMTP quoth Carl Parrish on 2/26/2002 09:45 as having spake thusly:
> > > \_
> > > \_ Well they're cheap. What I would like to know if is anyone has ever
> > > \_ gotten a job because of a brainbench cert?
> > >
> > > Perhaps only the graphic designer who made the prototype?  :-)
> > >
> > > David
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