24x7 Support Strategies

Thu Jun 14 15:51:09 UTC 2007

>Does anybody actually put any stock in the presence or absence of
>vendor certifications on a resume when judging the
>capabilities of an engineer?

No stock whatsoever. In fact when we advertise open positions we 
stress that experience and capability are FAR more important to us 
than certification.

>There's no correlation between certification and capability, in my experience.

Certification is merely a secondary revenue stream for said vendors, period.

--chuck