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Re: Certifications: Not worth the paper they are printed on?

From: Jon Kibler (Jon.Kibleraset.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2008 - 23:56:41 CDT

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M.B.Jr. wrote:
> Yeah, right.
>
> Learning from the books, baaad!
> Learning from "real world" experience, gooood!
>
> C'mon, both are important.

No, that is NOT what I said. What I did say was:
   Learning from the books only and claiming that is EQUIVALENT to real
world experience is BAAAAD!

That is what we have WAY too much of! "I read a book, so I now have
learned everything I would have by working for 5 years." Give me a
break! The two are FAR from the same.

I have nothing whatsoever against book learning. In fact, I probably
read 200 to 400+ pages a week myself just to keep up. However, I do NOT
claim that something I have read in the book gives me any ability to
actually DO anything in the real world. But, if I take what I learn in
the book, apply it in real world situation, AND I am able to get it to
work in a manner similar to what I learned in the book, THEN and only
then, can I claim any experience even remotely related to my book learning.

Jon
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