Re: FLASH: Certifications

[TGunn]

>> I'll leave you with this:

>> The only people who should object to certification are those who are

afraid

>> of it.


afraid of a group of finite concepts out of a textbook ... please

pardon me, but you can't assume those who don't follow the mainstream are

afraid of it.


most certification exams are open to the public without going through an

"authorized" training center.  get a book, become one with your machine, and

learn the stuff for real.  you can not expect to be ready for the real world

if you cram everything in for a test, and I am sick and @#%# tired of

re-training "certified" MCSD's who don't understand OOP basics & dealing

with MCSE's who can spout off definitions all day long but get lost when I

ask them to change IIS properties or configure an enterprise datastore for

multi-server balancing.


at the last consulting firm I worked for I instructed 3 separate

crash-course seminars, Programming fundamentals, SQL, & COM.  we banked 1000

per person per day ( 2, 2, & 4 days respectively) teaching concepts that

these people could have just as easily learned from a book and a small pinch

of initiative.


jeez, if anyone want's to pay me a grand I'll read you the bold print of the

Flash Bible, and you'll feel like you know it for a little while.  You can

have a CD with examples very similar to those found on virtual-fx.net, &

moock.org.  I'll even print you up 5 lbs. of additional handouts & a give

you a little framed certificate that says anything you want it to..


I am mainly referring to the mass of poor saps who come from Microsoft

Training Centers with MC-whatever you choose.  As for MM, if a firm teaches

a specialized class like, video game programming in Director and/or Flash,

or Integrating commerce sites with animated interfaces, that may be worth

the enrollment fee.  But for intro level stuff, get a book and start

reading.  It's a liberating feeling to know that you can learn on your own.


I've never taken a crashcourse so I'm biased. I'm sure there are some

courses out there that are worth taking.


as for the centers themselves, keep banking on American laziness!!!  From a

business perspective there isn't a damn thing wrong with that.








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