On Thursday 07 March 2013 10:45 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <efyedit6 at efyindia.com>I would like to arrange a competition of certificated ppl against the
wrote:
Certifications related to open source and Linux. Please correct meI would refrain from opining on whether certifications are useful or,
if I am wrong. Sankarshan, can you share your inputs on the same.?
otherwise. My employer offers a fairly well-known and diverse set of
training offerings and, it would be difficult for me to keep adding
caveats for everything I say.
However, consider this aspect - employers are commercial entities who
provide services against contracts. Contractual obligations require
that a specific set of skills be certified by passing an examination.
And, hence, there is a reason why employers do put some emphasis on
certifications and, their ratings.
This is not limited to IT. Consider for a moment the medical and
health services industry - you have certifications. Or, traditional
engineering - you have certifications there too.
So, if you do have a generic statement along the lines of
"certification is useless and junk", that fallacy needs to be tested.
