Certification or College degrees?

Sharif Torpis faust at grift.com
Thu May 23 00:56:24 UTC 2002



On Wed, 22 May 2002 18:29:52 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
>Thus spake "Nigel Clarke" <nigel at forever-networks.com>
>>Certifications are a waste of time. You'd be better off
>>obtaining a Computer Science degree and focusing on the
>>core technologies.
>
>If you're looking to write software, sure.  A CompSci degree won't
>help you
>in the slightest at operating networks.

Don't forget to tell all the kids that smoking doesn't cause cancer 
either. A CompSci degree will help one inordinately to operate a 
network. It is sad that so few in this field realize this.

Regards,
Sharif




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