LCA Certification

[Duston, Hal]

I haven't found this to be the case at all.  I have no 
certificates and no degree.  Yet I have remained 
continuously employed (and changed jobs several times) 
for over 14 years.  I have been working with the same 
consulting firm for nearly 5 years now, and been at 4 
clients.  Of course, maybe I'm a special case. ;-)

Hal

Richard Meeker [rmeeker at kc.rr.com]
> 
> 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.
> 
> Brian Kelsay [bkelsay at askpioneer.com] wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> >
> > > IOCON at aol.com [IOCON at aol.com] wrote:
> > >
> > > 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