There’s been a great debate about the value of a Microsoft certification or a CompTIA certification. I’ve read a couple of recent articles on paper MCSE’s, one in particular in Redmond Magazine. I’ve recently began looking at just what certifications are supposed to mean vs having a degree in computer science and how that equates to actually doing the job. Just look through Careerbuild job offerings for network administration and many companies want a bacholars degree in computer science with a couple years experience. So what exactly is a bacholars degree in computer science? Do workers who have a bacholars degree in computer science actually know how networks work? Could they actually setup DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, design a network infrastructure? For that matter could MCSEs? [MCSE’s are supposed to know but heck what about the paper MCSEs?].
Are companies really getting someone who has a degree in computer science that can do the job better than someone who has a certification?
