Report Offensive Message

yes feel free to cost it as you see it, discounting your time because of down-time. Hence the spreadsheet.

My "down-time" is still worth a lot to me. it isn't free.

The bottom line (pun intended) is that you pay for the certs if (a) there is an ROI for you in so doing or (b) your boss is paying.

I had a rough 2009 but it wasn't because of lack of ITIL certs. I'm back to getting enough work now, much of it around ITIL (I'm doing a Service Catalogue Roadmap for a big govt department right now).

In 2009 I did decide my downtime was worth spending on getting the ITIL V3 Foundation. I have no plans to go any further. My CV gets me work, not some debased and cynical ticket.