> William Herrin > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 9:02 PM > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 5:09 AM Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.com> > wrote: > > We'll probably spend 95% of the time just talking about who they are, > > and 5% on the role. That has worked well for me in the past decade, > > and none of those hires had any "certificates" to impress me with, > > even though those that didn't make it, did. > > I find there's a strong INVERSE correlation between the quantity of > certificates on an applicant's resume and their ability to do the job. > One can't be an expert in many areas, (like CCIE-everything... folks) Same as Usain Bolt can't swim like Michael Phelps...
> I still have to laugh about the guy who let me know via his resume that he > was certified in setting up Kentrox CSU/DSUs. > Nice, did he also knew how to put a loop on a T1/T3 DACS (DCX) or how to do SNA to mainframe and then DLSW? :) very useful skills these days indeed. <sigh>technology used to be much simpler. adam
