RE: [xml-dev] XML Training and Certification

["Jason Kohls" <jkohls@infotechresearchgroup.com>]

> So my HR Manager can make a tick-mark on Form No. 37, under the 
> heading, "Has sufficient knowledge/recognition in ________ 
> technology", and I can proceed to the next salary range.

That was a joke, I'm afraid.
 
I'm just curious to know what's the buzz around XML certifications are,
whos providing/using them, what employers think, what the XML "gurus"
think etc.  I'm under the impression that they aren't really valued?

Thanks for that article, Simon.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liam Quin [mailto:liam@w3.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:24 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] XML Training and Certification
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 02:09:06PM -0500, Jason Kohls wrote:
> > So my HR Manager can make a tick-mark on Form No. 37, under the 
> > heading, "Has sufficient knowledge/recognition in ________ 
> > technology", and I can proceed to the next salary range.
> 
> I find it odd that your company needs to ask other 
> (certifying) organizations whether their staff have the 
> skills that your company needs, e.g. in order to stop using 
> those skills and manage others :-)
> 
> Kafka would be proud!
> 
> W3C can't endorse any particular training or certification 
> course, and since all that matters is you have one, I'd say 
> choose the cheapest you can find.  Heck, tell me when people 
> should use attributes and when elements, and whether Unicode 
> Normalization should be applied before or after entity 
> expansion, and I'll send you a certification for only $5,000 :-) :-)
> 
> But if you have a specific project, and particular things you 
> need to know about, I'd say spend a day emailing XML training 
> offices, and then maybe post a more specific question about 
> them here if you need to.
> 
> Liam
> 
> -- 
> Liam Quin, W3C XML Activity Lead, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/
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