Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications

date posted 21st March 2006 13:48

Don't worry so much about the certifications - the important thing (and
you'll find this in most job ads) is experience. Anyone can spent three
grand on a certification course and learn to answer multiple choice
questions the Microsoft Way.

You would be better off dedicating the time and effort to creating a
practical and technically excellent website for something that you find
interesting or somewhere you perceive a need for one. Write it, get it
up and running, administer it and include it on your CV. You will find
that the experience you gain from doing that will make much more of a
difference than some very expensive letters and you will learn a lot
about real world programming. It's easy to think you know about this
when you come out of university (I certainly did) but actually you know
next to nothing and the important thing is to get some real experience
under your belt.

A good degree would help also, probably more than worrying about outside
exams while you could be finishing that off...

-ben

Ian Copeland wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I want to gain some more IT qualifications, whilst I finish my degree.
>Something like a Microsoft Certified something or other, or Cisco, etc.
>I'm aiming to go into web development and have some experience, but I'd like
>to get a specific qualification to back it up. What are the best
>qualifications for web development and are there any that I should go for
>before getting a specific certificate?
>
>Ian
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