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Ugh, certs are worth nothing. The A+ cert I took has meant nothing to me at all, and some of the information on it is just plain retarded. Who still uses 5.2" floppy disk drives, and who cares how they are connected?
I had my CCNA 2.x, for a month before Cisco decided to roll out their v3.1, which invalidated my cert, did the first 2 semests of CCNA v3.1 and then called it quits. It is a waste of time. I know the material, and if I don't remember I know how to look it up. Certs show you were able to remember a few key bits of information for a short amount of time. I know a guy that has all these magical certificates, and he did not get the job over a just out of college graduate with a degree, with 0 cerst. Certifications prove nothing.
Ugh, certs are worth nothing. The A+ cert I took has meant nothing to me at all, and some of the information on it is just plain retarded. Who still uses 5.2" floppy disk drives, and who cares how they are connected?
I had my CCNA 2.x, for a month before Cisco decided to roll out their v3.1, which invalidated my cert, did the first 2 semests of CCNA v3.1 and then called it quits. It is a waste of time. I know the material, and if I don't remember I know how to look it up. Certs show you were able to remember a few key bits of information for a short amount of time. I know a guy that has all these magical certificates, and he did not get the job over a just out of college graduate with a degree, with 0 cerst. Certifications prove nothing.
Without going into too much detail: In the two days since I started job hunting (more to cover all bases - again no details). I've had employment agencies phoning me 4 or 5 times a day offering me posts. I have no certs, the highest education I achieved is College (which over here is one step before University for ages 16 to 18) with one subject.
What I do have is 4 years industry experiance. Thats what counts.
Get on the bottom rung of the ladder, get some experiance, jump to the better jobs, either at the same company or elsewhere.
Certs are usually a cop-out for people who don't have sufficient education/experience. That's the general consensus, at least as far as I have seen so there is definitely a negative connotation.
I think it stems from the whole Y2K thing where people with certs and no knowledge were hired for huge sums and did jack all.
G.luck