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Top Tech Certifications That Can Net You A $100,000+ Salary

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Re: Top Tech Certifications That Can Net You A $100,000+ Salary

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Post by planetjones »

> Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)

I've worked with many people who had this. Some of them were decent. Many were terrible. Companies who employ software "engineers" based on this little gem of a certificate alone... beware!

Also it should be Oracle (not Sun) - which probably gives some understanding into the technical insight behind this article. If the Survey was conducted in late 2012 and people were still saying Sun... then I'm a little bit worried about the respondents too!

Re: Top Tech Certifications That Can Net You A $100,000+ Salary

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Post by thirsteh »

planetjones wrote: post #2

> Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) I've worked with many people who had this. Some of them were decent. Many were terrible. Companies who employ software "engineers" based on this little gem of a certificate alone... beware! Also it should be Oracle (not Sun) - which probably gives some understanding into the technical insight behind this article. If the Survey was conducted in late 2012 and people were still say…

People regularly talk about education alone not being a good gauge of a candidate's actual skill and viability. If we accept that degrees aren't everything, then certifications are all but meaningless--the primary thing they reflect is that, most likely, a previous employer paid for it, and thus thought you were worth investing in.

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Post by crimzonphox »

planetjones wrote: post #2

> Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) I've worked with many people who had this. Some of them were decent. Many were terrible. Companies who employ software "engineers" based on this little gem of a certificate alone... beware! Also it should be Oracle (not Sun) - which probably gives some understanding into the technical insight behind this article. If the Survey was conducted in late 2012 and people were still say…

My company wants all devs to get that certification. It's worthless. Most of it is just memorizing some java quarks

Re: Top Tech Certifications That Can Net You A $100,000+ Salary

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Post by JPKab »

My God. I hope people aren't actually thinking this article is anything other than complete horse dung.

I was in charge of a guy who was a CBAP (Cert Business Analysis Professional) at my last job. Incompetent, and paid well under what the article claims you can make. (still more than he deserved)

I love how the SBIP is referred to as "big data" cert....That is so wrong on so many levels.

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