Re: Professional or Not (was Database Design)

Joel Garry wrote:

> Mark.Powell_at_eds.com (Mark D Powell) wrote in message news:<2687bb95.0401071137.3099bdb5_at_posting.google.com>...
>
>

>>Experience far outweighs any certification.  The appearance of other
>>work related skills usually are more important the any specific IT
>>knowledge since almost any IT skill can be learned by an experienced
>>person in a fairly short period of time.  Many business related
>>knowledge areas take far longer to learn.

This reminds me of a comment I heard a colleague make after a job interview that didn't go so well for the candidate.

"Some people have 15 years of experience. Others have 1 year of experience 15 times."

-- 
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)