Comments on: Recognizing A Good Programmer (/ IT Person) http://www.pcmech.com/article/recognizing-a-good-programmer-it-person/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jasehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/recognizing-a-good-programmer-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-33307 Jase Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:16:21 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10399#comment-33307 I know at least one person (he was on a course with me) who had passed his A+ and Net+ exams, yet he struggled to do anything with a computer apart from turning it on. I know at least one person (he was on a course with me) who had passed his A+ and Net+ exams, yet he struggled to do anything with a computer apart from turning it on.

]]> By: David K.http://www.pcmech.com/article/recognizing-a-good-programmer-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-33297 David K. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:34:02 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10399#comment-33297 Finally someone else sees how certifications are overrated. I'll go even further than the author: they do NOT prove that they know whatever they are certified in, it only proves that they put in the time and effort to study/cram and obtain the cert. Is that a good thing? Maybe. But maybe they put in that effort because they knew their skills or resume wasn't up to snuff without it.I think I'm a good programmer, and I've never had any interest in them. If I want to learn something, I usually sit down and experiment with it myself in some at least pseudo practical application. I get a much faster and more complete understanding of it that way, IMO. Finally someone else sees how certifications are overrated. I’ll go even further than the author: they do NOT prove that they know whatever they are certified in, it only proves that they put in the time and effort to study/cram and obtain the cert. Is that a good thing? Maybe. But maybe they put in that effort because they knew their skills or resume wasn’t up to snuff without it.

I think I’m a good programmer, and I’ve never had any interest in them. If I want to learn something, I usually sit down and experiment with it myself in some at least pseudo practical application. I get a much faster and more complete understanding of it that way, IMO.

]]> By: Montehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/recognizing-a-good-programmer-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-33291 Monte Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:20:40 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=10399#comment-33291 Coming in from the cold world of the IT Pro I have some certs.Why have certs? Well for one the company I worked for would not promote you if you didn't attain a certian amount of knoweldge every year. And some waranty work would have to wait for a 'Certified Tech' to arrive on site to fix some components.So over the years I was a 'company man' I picked up certs, never got promoted though. Must have been my magnetic personality... :)And yes I have ran in to those wiz bang IT people that can memorize a book in ten minutes and regurgitate it verbatum but couldn't chage out a hot swap hard drive even if you showed them how to pull the handle.So in my opinion certs have their palce but what should go with the cert is what the Military does - OJT 'On the JOB Training' before getting the cert and it should be a 50/50 thing 50% cert, 50% profeciency with the hardware.MHO... Coming in from the cold world of the IT Pro I have some certs.

Why have certs? Well for one the company I worked for would not promote you if you didn’t attain a certian amount of knoweldge every year. And some waranty work would have to wait for a ‘Certified Tech’ to arrive on site to fix some components.

So over the years I was a ‘company man’ I picked up certs, never got promoted though. Must have been my magnetic personality… :)

And yes I have ran in to those wiz bang IT people that can memorize a book in ten minutes and regurgitate it verbatum but couldn’t chage out a hot swap hard drive even if you showed them how to pull the handle.

So in my opinion certs have their palce but what should go with the cert is what the Military does – OJT ‘On the JOB Training’ before getting the cert and it should be a 50/50 thing 50% cert, 50% profeciency with the hardware.

MHO…

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