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29/08/2007, 14h31

Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
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> eneels01@gmail.com wrote:
>> I'm beginning to make a career change from nursing to web technology.
>> I'm attempting to become an associate level Certified Internet
>> Webmaster. Is this the right path to start out? Erik
>>
>
> Who's going to recognize a "Certified Internet Webmaster"? The title
> is worthless unless it is widely recognized.

As someone who holds the Master CIW certification I can say: Jerry's
right. Actually having the certification as meant nothing, careerwise,
as evidenced by the fact that whenever it did come up in a job
interview, I had to explain what it was. Despite what the CIW people
say about it being "the largest vendor-neutral certification", it means
nothing unless people recognize it as widely as say, MCSD or RHCP, etc.

That being said, I would still recommend someone new work their way up
through the CIW certifications as a means toward learning and getting
independent verification that you've learned this stuff.

Associate CIW is basically the same as the i-Net+ from CompTia and
contains a lot of very important background on the networking &
protocols of the web.

CIW Designer is a more hands-on kind of thing, learning actual
production of sites. It covers a lot of really basic stuff and, for me,
was actually a lot easier than the Associate CIW test.

Master CIW Designer is more of the same, but covers E-Commerce as well.
There's some playing around with databases and server-side programming,
but not a lot.

I had planned on doing all the CIW certs but by the time I got the
Master CIW I pretty much decided it was all worthless in terms of
increasing my employment prospects so I decided not to waste my time.

> Better is to put together a good portfolio (which you'll need anyway)
> and market yourself.

Definitely. In the web world, starting out is hard and the only way to
get anywhere is to have a portfolio of examples which show your work.

After a while, work will come from word-of-mouth, and none of those
people will care about a CIW cert, either.

--
Karl Groves
http://www.8pistons.com
http://www.thehotrodclassifieds.com
http://www.grayscalecms.com
http://www.karlcore.com

29/08/2007, 14h31	#7
Karl Groves Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: CIW Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in news:j4ednQHz96_veknbnZ2dnUVZ_vqpnZ2d@comcast.com: > eneels01@gmail.com wrote: >> I'm beginning to make a career change from nursing to web technology. >> I'm attempting to become an associate level Certified Internet >> Webmaster. Is this the right path to start out? Erik >> > > Who's going to recognize a "Certified Internet Webmaster"? The title > is worthless unless it is widely recognized. As someone who holds the Master CIW certification I can say: Jerry's right. Actually having the certification as meant nothing, careerwise, as evidenced by the fact that whenever it did come up in a job interview, I had to explain what it was. Despite what the CIW people say about it being "the largest vendor-neutral certification", it means nothing unless people recognize it as widely as say, MCSD or RHCP, etc. That being said, I would still recommend someone new work their way up through the CIW certifications as a means toward learning and getting independent verification that you've learned this stuff. Associate CIW is basically the same as the i-Net+ from CompTia and contains a lot of very important background on the networking & protocols of the web. CIW Designer is a more hands-on kind of thing, learning actual production of sites. It covers a lot of really basic stuff and, for me, was actually a lot easier than the Associate CIW test. Master CIW Designer is more of the same, but covers E-Commerce as well. There's some playing around with databases and server-side programming, but not a lot. I had planned on doing all the CIW certs but by the time I got the Master CIW I pretty much decided it was all worthless in terms of increasing my employment prospects so I decided not to waste my time. > Better is to put together a good portfolio (which you'll need anyway) > and market yourself. Definitely. In the web world, starting out is hard and the only way to get anywhere is to have a portfolio of examples which show your work. After a while, work will come from word-of-mouth, and none of those people will care about a CIW cert, either. -- Karl Groves http://www.8pistons.com http://www.thehotrodclassifieds.com http://www.grayscalecms.com http://www.karlcore.com