Comments on: Make more money, get not certified… http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/ Systems thinking about software development Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-22442 Nancy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:05:18 +0000 http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/#comment-22442 I disagree with the idea that certifications mean nothing. I would assume people who say this do not understand the benefit of training. To me a certification is the result, or validation of a skill. I disagree with the idea that certifications mean nothing. I would assume people who say this do not understand the benefit of training. To me a certification is the result, or validation of a skill.

]]> By: Ilja Preuß http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-16179 Ilja Preuß Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:46:21 +0000 http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/#comment-16179 Well, that there is a connection between lower pay and certificates doesn't mean that the certificates cause the lower pay. It could, for example, also mean that those who get a lower pay feel a greater need to get certified. I can't imagine how getting certified could lower your pay. I can easily imagine how waving with certificates and/or relying to much on them could. Well, that there is a connection between lower pay and certificates doesn’t mean that the certificates cause the lower pay. It could, for example, also mean that those who get a lower pay feel a greater need to get certified.

I can’t imagine how getting certified could lower your pay. I can easily imagine how waving with certificates and/or relying to much on them could.

]]> By: carnival of the agilists, 9-nov-07 « silk and spinach http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-15921 carnival of the agilists, 9-nov-07 « silk and spinach Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:03:02 +0000 http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/#comment-15921 [...] debates about certification of various sorts, Willem van den Ende has discovered that you’ll make more money if you are not certified. He quotes Mark Gallaher thus: “A new report from industry research [...] [...] debates about certification of various sorts, Willem van den Ende has discovered that you’ll make more money if you are not certified. He quotes Mark Gallaher thus: “A new report from industry research [...]

]]> By: Yes but http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-15661 Yes but Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:31:50 +0000 http://me.andering.com/2007/11/05/make-more-money-get-not-certified/#comment-15661 Umm... take two candidates A and B. They are both ~equally talented except A has 3 certificates, B has none. Which one will you hire? Umm… take two candidates A and B. They are both ~equally talented except A has 3 certificates, B has none. Which one will you hire?

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