Re: College vs Cert

My degree plan in Information Systems Technology and they are supposed to be
teaching me things similar to what could be covered in a cert exam but they
are not. Furthermore, I find cert material much more challengeing the course
work.

Now on the topic of “experience” need I remind you that people who are
talking to college councilors about “the best way to get my foot in the door”
don’t have experience and are specifically asking that question to the
councilor because they are currently seeking methods of getting said
experience. If you have no experience your options are all or some of the
following
1.get certified
2.get a degree
3.find an employer who wil hire you simply becuase you want to learn the
stuff at work.

“experience” is not an option for “getting experience”. I hope before I die
people as a whole will understand the impossibility of the logic “I need
experience to get my foot in the door” which if it is not illogical, it is at
best simply asking for a hand out.



"EggHead" wrote:

> I do not know what kind of college you are in now.
> However, "in many cases its more valuable for getting in the door then a
> degree", What kind of degree does he/she talking prefer to? A degree from
> university of Pancake. I believe the truth is that "its" is "exp. in the
> field" not the M$ Cert.
> Without any exp. in the field or you know no one in the field, cert is only
> a piece of paper and almost unless.
> Get it straight, cert is only valid if you have exp or at least a dip from
> college. I believe no one will hire a programmer who only has M$ cert from
> the street in North America now.
>
> Egghead
>
> "Sean" <Sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:94C1A7A7-0413-4C1E-940C-E64EE72C2276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Not should I get one or the other actually I am getting both, my question
> > is
> > a bit different.
> >
> > I am an IST major and people at my college don¡¦t seem to take
> > certifications
> > very seriously. They seem to think its easy stuff although my college
> > councilor said that in many cases its more valuable for getting in the
> > door
> > then a degree.
> > Our program manager said ¡§a certification cant replace an ¡¥entire¡¦
> > course¡¨.
> > I found that somewhat insulting, at my college one test such as 70-306
> > would
> > be easily 2 courses if not 3. Could it be just my loser college?
> >
>
>
>
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