Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:19:50 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Edward Kovarski <edwardk@digitalized.com> Cc: Majid Almassari <majid@ibroadcast.net>, Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>, W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certification Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001271217200.18537-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <87iu0f30hw.fsf@nyctereutes.digitalized.com>
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On 27 Jan 2000, Edward Kovarski wrote: > Majid Almassari <majid@ibroadcast.net> writes: > > > > >From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> > > > I know quite a few rather clueless people holding multiple > > > certifications; they aren't necessarily any assurance that > > > someone knows what they are doing. > > > > True, but on the other side of the house you got a number of seasoned what > > so called Network Engineers with xx years of experience lack that solid > > analytical systematic approach of problem solving as soon something deviates > > You are assuming however that an educational process is going to instill the > required analytical skills. Many are quite happy being spoon-fed information > which they then regurgitate. <snip> > Perhaps instead of concentrating on specifics, like FreeBSD, it would be best > to consider a more open approach such as a BSD Unix certification which would > entail all flavours. > Short classes on anything (like a 1 or 2 week cert jobby) do little to ones way of thinking. What I look for are items in their long term education (ie college) like logic/philosophy and/or math that teach how to think and analyze. Without a solid foundation in thought, anything else is built on sand. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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