The Information Technology Certification Council is a new
organization you are going to hear a lot about in the next year.
The membership list is a who's who of the computer certification
world and their main focus is increasing the value of computer
certifications.
Their most visible project to the public will be marketing
materials on certifications. The general public does not know a
CCIE from a MSCE or CMDBA. Why is this education valuable?
Several years ago I was employed by an on-line recruiting firm
and hiring managers asked why they could not find programmers
with twenty plus years of Java programming experience. Java was
under ten years old at the time and even James Gosling did not
have twenty years of Java experience. Twenty plus years of
programming experience with a recent emphasis on Java was not
what they wanted. They knew exactly what they wanted and
would not accept a substitute. Even if what they …
MySQL Certification had another great month in September. It was
our biggest month with a MySQL Users Conference (where the cost
of each exam is deeply discounted). A total of 159 exams were
taken and that is a 10 percent increase.
Total certifications earned was another non-UC record with 68.
That was made up of 14 Developers, 27 DBAs, 7 Cluster DBAs, and
20 Associates. Congratulations to all those who worked so hard to
earn these certifications.
Those of you wishing to take the exams in Japanese should keeping
checking the website for a new, much improved translation that
will be ready by the Japanese UC. Domo arigato, Toru-san!
And be sure to list your MySQL Certifications on your resumes and
social networking pages. I had a long talk with an online
recruiting company about the best way to find certified MySQL
Developers and DBAa. The demand for individuals is there but
writing the filters to sweep …