From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-11-11T13:50:31+09:00
Subject: Re: looking for some feedback about Certification

On Nov 10, 2006, at 9:46 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> 1. Microsoft certifications, Cisco certifications and Red Hat  
> certifications should be the model. One of these says you are  
> *competent* to perform certain tasks.

> 2. If I were hiring a *programmer*, I would look for an applicable  
> college degree from an accredited institution, not a certificate  
> based on a pass/fail set of courses.

Wow, it's a good thing I don't hire people.  I would make pretty much  
opposite choices.

This is the one thing Joel Spolsky and I are in total agreement on.   
He says you need two things in an employee:

1.  Passion
2.  Gets Things Done

James Edward Gray II