Barry Durand followed by Donna Garverick:

> >      While we are making out a wish list, what about some type of
> >      certification that could be administered at a semi-local level (at
> >      least one per state depending upon the state).   There are CNA's,
> >      CNE's, and Microsoft Certifications, why not MPE certifications?  Such
> >      as ..Operator, Administrator, Manager I, Manager II with options such
> >      as Networking and Communications, Programming, System Configuration.
> >      I am sure others could come up with better ones but hopefully everyone
> >      gets the idea.
>
> this is a new proposal.  what do the rest of you/us think?  is there value
> in this?  if you're seeking to hire someone, would you be inclined to
> favorably view a certified (groucho sez: we could all be certified :-)
> mpe person over a non-certified person?                - d

I *really* like this idea! It would actually help in three ways:

1) Employers would know what they were getting when they hired someone.

2) The MPE-certified individual becomes more marketable and can
(perhaps) command better salary because he's certified. I've seen this
many times over with MS & Novell certified techs.

These are the standard arguments. Now I'll throw in one you may not be
expecting.

3) It becomes another marketing tool for HP! Think about it: How much
free marketing (not to mention cold hard cash!) does Microsoft get from
every time someone asks one of its MSCE's, "How can we do thus-and-so?"
They come up with a *Microsoft* solution because they've been *trained*
to. MPE certification could do the same thing for the HP3000. Think of
the possibilities...

Patrick (who doesn't (usually) get this excited over marketing issues)
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Patrick Santucci
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Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc.
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