We got a resume once where the guy listed "2-day workshop on personal grooming, Karachi, Pakistan" under his "education" section. I think that trumps the Kentrox certification. :-)
-Bill > On Sep 4, 2014, at 0:58, "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Isaac Adams <isaacna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am trying to work out a strategy for vendor certification in our company. >> As a general rule, do you all fund employees certification and if so what >> kind of levels do you try to maintain as good practice? >> >> For example. NOC staff should be JNCIA and engineering JNCIP to JNCIE? >> >> Clearly certification does not usually reflect ability but it does help >> people feel valued and to maintain a basic level of competence. > > Hi Isaac, > > Personally, I use certifications as more of a weed-out factor. List > lots of certifications on your resume? No interview for you. > Particularly that guy who used what should have been valuable space on > his resume to report having taken a 3-day certification course in > configuring Kentrox CSU/DSUs. Yikes! > > Seriously though, certs stink of a cogs-in-the-machine approach to > business, which is the opposite of making folks feel individually > valued. Gee, I can tell from talking to you that you're smarter than > half our engineers but if you want to respond to the red lights in the > NOC you'll have to go get a CCNA. > > If you want them to feel valued, give them an education reimbursement > program for any job-relevant training, college coursework, etc. Any > who want to spend it on certs, so be it. Any who want to spend it > professional conferences like NANOG, well, those are the ones you > keep. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> > Can I solve your unusual networking challenges?