tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509532033550348283.post6692006957026033732..comments2017-08-16T16:11:30.075+05:30Comments on Cool Database Fundas: IT Certifications - How much they're worthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509532033550348283.post-20128742666787476902012-04-10T06:19:15.274+05:302012-04-10T06:19:15.274+05:30Hi there,
Thank you so much for an elaborate comme...Hi there,<br />Thank you so much for an elaborate comment expressing your views about the certifications. This issue is certainly a big debatable issue and as such being debated and will remain so for indefinite time to come. I hope readers will get the other side of certification from your comments. Thanks for your contribution.crazy4dbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724425986446620412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509532033550348283.post-52709056831191303772012-04-10T03:50:08.238+05:302012-04-10T03:50:08.238+05:30I've been in the IT industry for about 20 year...I've been in the IT industry for about 20 years. I'm a successful DBA and developer and have been a corporate trainer. I'm a published author. I have multiple certifications in Oracle, Microsoft, Novell (ancient), and CompTIA. The purpose of giving that little autobiography is to point out that autobiographies aren't proof of anything at all.<br /><br /><br />>My purpose here is NOT to prove certifications <br />>are good, bad, mandatory, useless or worthless<br /><br />I find it amusing that you have this statement at the top but spend much of the article indicating that certifications aren't really all that useful.<br /><br /><br />>Exploding myth -<br />>Certification is necessary, they attract <br />>employers and fetch better pay packages - False.<br /><br />There are three different concepts in the 'Myth' you are exploding, and you are indicating 'False' to all three. I'll grant you one of them.<br /><br />"Certification is necessary" -- I agree, False. You can have a successful IT career with zero certifications.<br /><br />"They attract employers" -- I disagree, This is true. I've seen it happen. It doesn't GUARANTEE an employer will hire you, but hiring managers *do* react favorably to IT certifications. The Robert Half survey you mention is fairly pointless. Why? Because except in the case of an absolutely tiny company, CEOs don't make hiring decisions. It doesn't matter what their opinions about them are. The people who make hiring decisions are front-line managers. These, as you note in your post, "may not be so techie". If they see a certification on the resume of a candidate, it becomes one of the points in the candidate's favor that they *might* make a good choice for the job.<br /><br />"They fetch better pay packages" -- I disagree, this it sometimes true. Again -- I've seen it happen. It's not something that can be guaranteed, but it does happen. Getting certifications while you're employed also provides assistance in getting better raises. You can't expect much, but if you get 1/2 percent higher raise each year than you would have without a certification, it adds up to big money over the course of your career. Companies look favorably on employees that push career development on their own.<br /><br /><br />>Certification substitutes for non-IT related <br />>academic qualification - False. <br />>Most fields in IT sector are concept oriented <br />>and not related to any academic qualification. <br />>Certification does not prove employability either.<br /><br />Here you're essentially saying that an IT certification doesn't act as a substitute for a degree, and then indicating a degree isn't useful either. If you have the opinion that an academic degree isn't useful, then why does it matter whether or not an IT certification is a substitute?<br /><br /><br />>Certifications enhance employability of fresher - False. <br />>Without an exposure, a merely certified <br />>candidate is at par with academic degree.<br /><br />'...at par with an academic degree'. This would mean that the IT certification is a substitute for an academic degree, which was a myth you just exploded.<br /><br /><br />Your post is contradictory and biased. Certifications certainly aren't the *only factor* in getting hired or advancing in your career. They are not *mandatory* to getting hired or advancing in your career. Howver, to move from that to saying that they don't *assist* in getting hired or advancing in your career is simply wrong. <br /><br />The one thing that I really like about your post is the last point, which is the number one thing that I hope anyone takes away from reading this article: "Use certification as an opportunity to study further and enhance existing ability". This is perfect and what I always push. If in studying for a certification you learn new skills, then you have helped your career even before you take the test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509532033550348283.post-13782312710544946432012-03-26T21:03:16.990+05:302012-03-26T21:03:16.990+05:30I disagree - certain certifications actually do pr...I disagree - certain certifications actually do prove knowledge. Forget the "easy" ones like Security+ and CISSP; but if I'm hiring, and two people present themselves, one with OSCP or CHECK, and one without - I know exactly which one I'll be interested in interviewing first.<br /><br />"Assault course" based certifications (as a pose to multiple choice ones) do prove some knowledge, and in many cases (e.g. UK Govt work) are a PREREQUISITE to applying for a job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com