RE: Certification

["Jack J. Coleman" <jackjc@bellsouth.net>]

I agree. I was turned down for a contractor position last year because I
did not have a certification. Since then, I have come across several job
postings for contractors that required a programmer certification. I
have since completed the programmer and developer certifications. In my
current full-time position, I have found that the certs offer me some
exposure in the company when a Java guy is needed on a certain project.
I have been put in a "goto guy" role for three new projects now that I
might not have been considered for without the certifications. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hardin [mailto:matthew@hardin.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:29 PM
To: ajug-members@ajug.org
Subject: Re: Certification


Just last week it came up in an interview I had. I think it would have 
helped if I could have answered yes that I was certified. I think it all

depends on who you are interviewing with or who is reviewing your resume

though.  In my case I was interviewing with the VP of Finance of this 
company.  He was not a deep technical guy and definitely not a software 
engineer.  In his eyes it was something of value and importance.  As a 
software engineer myself though, I do not give it much weight in terms
of 
some ones abilities. But it obviously can carry some weight in some 
circumstances in regards to getting a job or through the filtering
process 
of an HR manager.

Matthew


At 11:23 AM 11/1/2002 -0800, Michael Campbell wrote:
>Sorry to hijack the thread here, but was wondering if anyone could give

>me their opinions on _getting_ certified.  (I'm talking here mainly 
>about the first tier "Programmer" certification.)
>
>Specifically, other than exposing the developer to things he might not 
>otherwise have delved in with Java, is there a tangible (read:
>$$$) benefit to the certification?  Is it opening doors that would 
>otherwise not be open?  Are employers filtering on that criteria at 
>all?
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
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