Comments on: Joe the Developer doesn’t need a certificate

By: James

James — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:16:37 +0000

Hello,

I guess this is to all who believe certifications are useless. I do agree that a certifcation alone does not gurantee an expert or even a proficient coder( this can only be attained after years of practice) but it does show that this person is willing to go the extra mile and that he is willing to continually learn. For example suppose they suplement a bcs with a certification in java well that would imply that he does have a greater understanding of Java than say a student who did a few Java classes an claims to be a Java programmer.

Just My Two Cents

James

By: Roy Marco Aruta

Roy Marco Aruta — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:44:54 +0000

I agree with that… Most people have the knowledge of memorizing things and have the capability of answering all the questions in a certification exam but they don’t know how to apply thing and how thing work inside…

By: Aaron Evans

Aaron Evans — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:05:07 +0000

Why does it seem that certifications has such a stronger traction among testers? A higher proportion of charlatans?

I don’t rely on certifications to make my resume out. I use a pretty font, a boring bio, and some self effacing humor. Oh yeah, and lots of buzzwords.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:22:13 +0000

Completely agree. Certification were done by companies to make money. Good developers (software engineers) does not need certification and those who ask for certification are not good managers/leaders.

Thanks for the post.

By: Eric Wendelin

Eric Wendelin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:52:44 +0000

+1 Jose.

I would say that certs on a resume should not be seen as positive OR negative. Agreed that Google is a much better indicator of talent.