On Aug 29, 8:31 am, Karl Groves <k...@NOSPAMkarlcore.com> wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote innews:j4ednQHz96_veknbnZ2dnUVZ_vqpnZ2d@comcast.co m:
>
> > eneel...@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.
>
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> Karl Groveshttp://www.8pistons.comhttp://www.thehotrodclassifieds.comhttp://www.grayscalecms.comhttp://www.karlcore.com

Thank you.