RE: IBM Certification Testing

["Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@james-w-kilgore.com [mailto:email@james-w-kilgore.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 9:43 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: IBM Certification Testing
> 
> 
> Brad, et al,
> 
> There are two reasons -not- to trust someone:
> 1) they point to their credentials.
Agreed
> 2) they point to their length of service.
Agreed.
> 
> Neither have anything to do with ability.  Today.
> 
Agreed again.

This is not saying that folks with credentials or 100 years of experience
don't know what they're doing, it's just that it isn't impressive anymore to
see "35 years of experience on the AS/400" or whatever.  Things change too
fast these days for this to mean much anymore.  

I started putting in my bio and resume that I have 20 years of programming
experience.  I'm only 28.  I do, in fact, have 20 years of programming
experience.  I was hackin away on an TRS-80 when I was 8.  Rakka-Tu got
boring so I started writing my own games.  Who says years of experience only
counts if you're on a payroll?

Bradley V. Stone
BVS/Tools
http://www.bvstools.com

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