On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:41:09AM -0000, Robb Bloomfield wrote:
I did my Diploma in Computing with the Open University & am now doing my Hons in mathematical sciences & computing. Because I'm doing it part-time it allows me to work also (not that I'm doing much of that ATM :(
Wow... which means you did M206 which I've just finished..... and I hope I've passed..... I've actually thinking of Changing my DipComp to a DipIT, as I prefer the courses, but you never know, I mayend up doing both....
M206,T223,M261,M358....etc. M206 gives you a good understanding of OO programming; T223 of C, assembly and architecture; M261 algorithms; M358 relational databases... MCSE gives you? None of the above only a decent indoctrination into `MS-think' and FUD.
As far as the MCSE debate goes, I want one. I have slogged long and hard to learn what I know, and I'd like the paper to say so. I don't agree that MCSE's or MCP's don't know what they're doing. They should know what the learned for the exam, and they aren't as easy as everyone thinks.
IMO the exams for MCSE are little more than parroting a load of `facts' with no requirement of knowing any basic computing principles. Whether it's easy to recall stuff parrot fashion or not is irrelevant as to the net worth of a MCSE/MCP. After all crawling naked across broken glass isn't easy but does that mean it's worth doing? It seems that I'm not the only one who thinks these paid for qualifications run by computer co's are absolutely no indicator of whether the person with the qualification actually knows anything useful. If that's the case, are they worth doing at all? The whole thing is just another money making scam IMO - some more so than others.
As far as Linux being the way.... we shall see. I won't start a war, but I've used Linux for a while now, and I'm still not convinced it can compete.
Compete against what? and where? Why do IBM not agree with you?
This is what i was talking about in my earlier post about specialising. I don't intend to get a job as a Unix admin, so I am concentrating on what I know and love best, which is MS.
Good luck to you - you'll need it ;-)
Linux is a necessary distraction, and a welcome component on the network. But I couldn't work with it alone.
Fair enough but your unix/linux skills will come in useful whatever you decide to do so I hope you carry on developing them. -- Frank *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Boroughbridge. Tel: 01423 323019 --------- PGP keyID: 0xC0B341A3 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/ The universe is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering. -- Chinese proverb