Certs: The more after your name, the better???

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From: cybersoldier01 (die.spammer.die_at_fry.spammer.fry)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:45:20 -0800

I believe that certifications, when properly evaluated
against everything else that a candidate has to offer, are
valuable. I also believe that a certain amount of
marketing is needed to present yourself in a
professionally acceptable manner.

That said, I am somewhat amused to mildly annoyed by some
people who attach a long string of initials after their
names. It's fine to say, for example, "John Doe, MCSE,
CCNP, CNE". But since when did it become stylish to
list "MCP, MCP+I, MCP+SB, MCSE+I, MCSE-Security"???

It's like listing the fact that you graduated from
kindergarten in your curriculum vitae, alongside your post-
doctoral research in physics.

My two cents,

cybersoldier01

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