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May 18th, 2009 09:00
Benefits of EMC Certifications
I know many people would find it as a good way to move to the next step on the ladder in terms of getting better job & salary but my question is to people who do not change jobs.
People like me, who are enterpreneurs and have no reason to change jobs for better salaries. I have got the following benefits from EMC Certifications:
1. Started off not as a big brand, I could compete the big names because I am a certified EMC engineer whereas many big brands do not have certified people in there.
2. A big benefit which I think came off and should be applicable to all is that when you decide of clearing a certification, you get through a straight track to work on a technology/product. Most of the times when you just work with the customer, you could sometimes end up working on the same line without covering the aspects not required to your customers. With the idea of preparing for the certification, you cover all components of your product.
3. For me the best thought allways is work on a product/technology and appear for the exam giving yourself a challenge to test your working knowledge.
Do post in any benefits of certifications other than the benefits I got?
Thom_Lytle
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May 18th, 2009 10:00
Hi amediratta,
I've moved your discussion to the EMC Proven Professional community. They should be able to best address your discussion.
Thanks.
StorageDC
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May 18th, 2009 13:00
You hit the nail on the head with #2.
When I first got my MCSE years ago, I realized that. Theres so much to learn about a given technology, and you dont use half of it regularly.
And once you know of everything it is capable of, you start finding new ways to do old things. New ways that are more efficient.
A similar argument can be made about training vs self learning. I can learn by myself reading a book or working hands on. But a focused 5 day session provides me the same information that I would get from a few months of hands on experience. Both are complementary, but I like training to get a broad view of the entire picture, then hands on to deep dive into specific areas.
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May 19th, 2009 17:00
That's interesting, cause for me I get more value out of the training if I have worked with a product hands on for a while first. I know different people learn different ways, so there is really no right or wrong, but for me to have training before I get my hands on a product doesn't give me everything I need to get started. I feel like I'm at the same starting point if I do lots of reading and research on the product before starting to use it... then get my hands dirty with it for a while... THEN get the training once I'm really beginning to understand what I'm doing. This way I get the greatest value out of the training and I can better apply it in my mind to real world scenarios.
This ties in even further to my beliefs (much stronger beliefs) on certification. I have never written a certification test or anything that I didn't already know well from hands on experience. I met too many MCSEs back in the day who took a boot camp to get certified but came out of it with an MCSE and still couldn't open a command window and write a simple batch file. I'm not trying to pick on Microsoft certs (I have a few myself), but I can sure tell you that I felt more "tested" writing the E20-001 exam than I ever did writing the basic MS exams.
I'm not sure how much value I'm going to see directly and immediately now that I am Proven, but I didn't do it for my company... I did it for me and my career. If they want o recognize it and take advantage of it that's great. If they don't it certainly isn't hurting me :-)