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During the .COM 1.0 recession, back in the stone age, one of my fellow fresh faced and unemployed CS grads was considering getting MCTS certified in order to im
by biohacker42 18y ago
During the .COM 1.0 recession, back in the stone age, one of my fellow fresh faced and unemployed CS grads was considering getting MCTS certified in order to improve his job prospects.
I used the then popular story about a 12 year old Pakistani girl who got the same certificate, to dissuade my friend.
And so I encourage all of today's fresh faced and unemployed hackers to think of that 9 year old when the current recession is wearing them down.
Do you really think that MCTS will help?
- nostrademons 18y agoI thought about getting a MCP when I was 15. Then everyone I knew in the computer field told me it was a waste of time. So I learned Perl instead, which honestly helped my career a whole lot more.
- sigh400 18y agoHow old are you now? When I was 14 there were no certs -- I got a job in a local PC shop as a stock boy. I am convinced I worked for Korean gangsters now; However back then I thought it was a kick ass job (Since nobody I knew was working.) I still own one fried 8088 mobo (black to black wha?) and the three surfboards I managed to buy whilst working. In reality it was one of the worst jobs I have ever had, as I had to work in an attic sorting PC parts and fetching orders in 100+ attic heat with a 4ft ceiling (I kid not) and had to get to work Sundays @ 5am to unload "orders" from Mexico from the meanest people I have ever met. I learned more about life in that year then I have in the last 20.
- nostrademons 18y ago27. This was about 1997. I was in kindergarten when people were still using 8088s.