Re: IBM Certification Testing

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike...

Good to see that FINALLY someone that doesn't have a vested interest in
promoting this crap sees them for what they are!

Also, I've been contending what you just reinforced since I first saw the
sys admin "certification" exam questions in San Antonio back at the last
Common.  I concluded back then that they were nothing more than thinly
guised marketing artificial demand generating waste of good time!  And,
that they didn't do SQUAT at really testing that you knew how to manage a
system....and I've managed more than a few!

Now, if they'd just start certifying that their "business partners"
software products worked as advertised...THAT's a certification I could
support!

Don in DC....


On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Mike Shaw wrote:

> did take it and  passed the exam.  The bad news is that the exam is a hoax!
> 
> I was very disappointed in the process.  The exam did not test my ability to
> manage an AS/400(s) in a large environment, it tested my ability to know
> when I needed to call a marketing person to buy more hardware!!!!  Is that
> what we are being certified to do???  I think not, knowing when you need

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