On 06/12/06, Daniel de Kok <daniel-lists at taickim.com> wrote: > Actually, an increasing number of managers do not look at > certification. There are a lot of people who boast with their > certification, but have little experience. Being able to solve a > problem quickly in a competent manner is much more important than > learning facts by heart. We have references for that ;). I suspect they could still be useful for getting past the first screen of recruiters/HR who, on occaision, don't understand technicalities of the skills and experience laid out in front of them on a CV. I've had experiences with recruiters saying "Ah, but they need someone with experience doing $something and you don't appear to have that", and I've had to politely point out that $something is actual a smaller part of $bigger_something which is clearly listed *there*. :) Will.