LCA Certification

[Richard Meeker]

There's a reason for this.  Recruiters get paid based on what they manage to
get for you as a salary.  If you don't have any paper certifications to go
with that experience, then they can't get their customers to pay as much for
you.  Of course it is a double-edged sword because the majority of their
customers require certification.  Currently, one can't win for losing.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Kelsay [mailto:bkelsay at askpioneer.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 11:37 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: RE: LCA Certification

How does this apply to someone that has a degree in something other than CS?
I have changed careers and find it hard to go ANYWHERE until I get 2-3 years
experience.  I have had to claw my way into the computer industry.  I've had
recruiters that didn't want to talk to me until I had Cert. in hand, but I
have no time to get the Cert. while working two jobs.

Brian Kelsay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IOCON at aol.com [mailto:IOCON at aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:11 AM
> To: drohde01 at sprintspectrum.com; kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: LCA Certification
>
>
> Drew I agree with 90% of what you are saying regarding
> certification, (MSCE, LCA, etc, etc...). The 10% I must
> disagree with you own is the comparing a certificate to a 4
> year college education...Particularly Computer
> Science...People with Computer Science degrees have the
> tendency to advance faster than that counter parts with
> certification... What a degree tells an employer is that you
> have staying power, not for just a 6 to 15 months, but for
> year(s)...And you get broader education...For example I'm
> constantly doing project plans, I know how to do them
> properly through my college education, something I would not
> have gotten had I just got a certificate...Now don't get me
> wrong a certificate is a nice addition to a college degree, but
> a college degree is still the place to go...Especially now in
> the tightening job market...
>
> Marland