Vigo
Thu May 06 13:34:10 CDT 2004
JaR <nunyobidness@softhome.net> wrote in
news:pan.2004.05.06.17.38.12.512609@softhome.net:
> Far from it! They have been assured by multiple vendors' that the
> single barrier between them and that six-figure dream job is
> certification. Merely memorize a few dumps for $Amount of $Currency,
> and wealth, security, and that gorgeous blond in the red BMW is yours
> for the taking. Even when faced with incontrovertible proof, they
> still maintain their course, as witness the feuds that erupt in here
> from time to time.
Perhaps I should clarify: do they have any success with passing the
tests? I know the connection between paper MCSE and the accoutrements
of Royal Ease is tenuous, whatever the young and callow might believe.
> Assuredly! The counters at your local burger joint are staffed by the
> results of this process. MCSE is used as a benchmark for hiring warm
> bodies to man phone firewalls or install video cards at CompUSA.
This seems to answer my preceeding question, and also explains the
dilution of the credential I have witnessed my own personal self.
> The future of humanity is secure, Wal-Mart will be opening a new mega
> store in your neighborhood soon.
Feh. Wal-Mart opened one of their first dozen 24 Hour Supercenters,
almost eight years ago, in my neighborhood. Nothing new there. A high
school friend of mine was the night manager there, after having failed
to achieve the heights of success promised to him by a stint in the U.S.
Army, contemporaneous with the (first) Gulf War. He did, however, put
the slight insanity that resulted from, among other things, being
bayonetted by an Iraqi soldier to good use, employing what he deemed
"wall to wall discipline" in dealing with the crowds of big-pants-
wearing youngsters who thought it was "cool" (if I'm using that term
correctly) to demolish and/or steal merchandise in the wee hours. The
stories were very amusing, in a retrograde sort of way.
I myself would only employ a braindump strategy to secure an A+
credential, and only if necessary to secure a first-tier desktop support
position that pays no more than 30% of my previous salary. In this way,
I can complete my personal humiliation by adding "lying, cheating
ferret" to my catalog of personal ignominies.
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