IT Certification and Training

January 11, 2007

Comments?

Filed under: blogadmin — Jim Henderson @ 18:03

I’ve noticed over the past couple of months of this blog being here that the readership is slowly but steadily increasing.  At the same time, there have been no comments posted yet.

I’m interested to know what the readers here think – I had set things up so that a login was required.  I’ve disabled that feature, but left the moderation feature on.  The reason I’m using moderation is solely to keep spam out of the comments.  I’m hoping that dropping the login requirement and only requiring a name and e-mail address will make it easier for people to comment on what I’m writing.

As I stated in my initial post here,  the purpose of this blog is:

1. Understand better what people think about technical certification and training

2. Help you – the reader – understand what it is that I have going through my head as I apply myself to tasks in my professional life

3. Foster some discussion about the pros and cons of technical training and certification

4. Help those who are thinking about jumping into an IT career make an informed decision about their options about how to get started

Don’t be shy – I’m interested in what you think of what I’ve written.

An Interesting Observation

Filed under: education, flatworld — Jim Henderson @ 0:09

Last October, when I was preparing to drive back to Minneapolis for my younger brother’s wedding, Dan Veitkus (VP of Training Services at Novell) asked me if I had anything to listen to in the car on the drive. While I had a fair selection of music on my iPod for the trip, I said I always liked having something new to listen to. He suggested I have a listen to the book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, and loaned me the audiobook version he had purchased to listen to himself.

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