Trevor,
IFF a person certified or not is only ONE variable in a whole lot that are
used in a hiring decision. Cert alone is not a make or break point. Never
has been. Never will be. And I think that's basically global... Ergo, your
claim is invalid.
As for certification guides, once again, I would refer you to how the
pSeries people have taken this seriousely with not only a series of redbooks
as cert guides(some of which probably need updating) but a whole track at
the pseries tech conferences that was a cert prep track...
EVER seen ANYthing like this in iSeries/AS400/etc space??? NAH.....
DR2
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:01 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: RPG IV Certification
Don,
If you have ever looked closely, you will see there ARE recommendations from
IBM on what and how to study. There are no printed "study guides", sure, but
that does not mean the test is any less effective.
The main difference between MCSE (for example) and IBM certifications is
that IBM certifications are based on real street experience. If you are
looking for "book learning" tests, take "almost every other major accepted
certification in the industry". IBM certifications require you to understand
it in practice, as opposed to having read it in a book and parroting it back
on to a test.
I think the reason you claim they "do not exist" is because they IBM
certifications are not ~required~ by companies for employment. When there
are so many Wintel "developers" out there, you have to sort out the weeds
somehow. For System i developers, when demand increases, and supply
increases exponentially, companies may ask for something that differentiates
you from the pack. Then it would be advantageous to have a certification.
In the meantime, if you were interviewing two candidates of equal experience
and skill set, you would hire the one with the IBM certification. Which
means the net effect is... they exist.
Trevor
On 8/20/07 6:31 AM, "Don" <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
To the best of my best of my knowledge, there NEVER HAVE been any study
guides, there ARE NO study and most likely never will be... ...unlike
almost every other major accepted certification in the industry...
The reasons for/against vary...but the net effect is that they don't
exist.
In my opinion, this is one of the reasons they've not been accepted by the
industry...nobody knows what to study for...and this is different than
promoting the concept of "learning the exam"...
Don in DC
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Srinivas Boggula
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 2:31 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RPG IV Certification
HI Group,
I'm planning to write RPG IV Certification Exam (Certification No : 268)
Can any one please guide me which books I have to refer or follow?
Thanks in Advance
Best Regards,
Srinivas
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