RE: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by lifein prison

[M. Edward Borasky]

I personally do not have a certification and I personally find my career
paths limited as a result. This is something I plan to rectify; it's simply
a matter of time, money and a willingness on my part to do the work. I
suggest that you look at it the same way, rather than knocking the
certification process or employers who require it.

I have chosen a mathematical / scientific / programmer career path rather
than a system / network administration career path, so I will most likely
seek an MSCD or perhaps the Red Hat equivalent if there is one. There are a
great many more *applicants* for jobs than there are jobs, and lack of a
certification or presence of illegal substances in an applicant's urine are
*legal* ways of eliminating some of these applicants, whereas skin color,
gender or age are not. Deal with it; I have.

--
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, Chief Scientist, Borasky Research
http://www.borasky-research.net  http://www.aracnet.com/~znmeb
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Q: How do you tell when a pineapple is ready to eat?
A: It picks up its knife and fork.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Michael
> Bacarella
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 5:18 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [OT] New Anti-Terrorism Law makes "hacking" punishable by
> lifein prison
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 05:24:00PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> > > wankers pretending to be sysadmins, driving the wages down
> and replacing
> > > clued people with illiterate trash.  Getting rid of script kiddies is
> > > nice, but fsckwits who are directly responsible for current situation
> > > should be first against the wall.
> >
> > Don't forget the management that is interested in paper skills, rather
> > than ability to do the job. Unless you can add some things on paper,
> > like particular certifications, you can't even get an interview.
>
> Quick survey:
>
> How many people here really want to work at a company where
> management tosses resumes that don't say MCSE or CCNA or RHCE?
>
> ---
> Michael Bacarella <[e-mail]>
> Technical Staff / System Development,
> New York Connect.Net, Ltd.
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