Despite my years I only ever managed a City & Guilds in Network Supervision & Administration. When I was contracting, an employment agent asked why, considering my years of experience with major orgs I did not have an MCSE?
"I am much better than that" was my reply. (I did get offered the job at Chase bank).
Having been around a 'while', I grew to mistrust any newly qualified Novel CNA and subsequently MCSE, although one new MCSE at EDS was a bloody good van driver and could always find us a pizza at 3am.
Last week I had to interview for an IT Assistant when I am given his CV, in addition to a couple of degree's I see this;
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New Horizons IT Training (2006-2007)
· Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
· Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
· CompTIA A+ Hardware & Operating Systems
· CompTIA N+ Networking
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Hmm, pointless setting any stock MS questions he obviously remembered all the answers! So I set him a verbal skills test, just four questions;
Q, We employ Small Business Server 2003 as PDC and several 2003 Member Servers, What role does the BDC play in this model?
A, BDC, it's a backup something.
Q, Are there any advantages/disadvantages in not allowing the Domain Controller to manage DHCP?
A, (There followed quite a lengthy and detailed monologue on the workings of DNS!)
Q, In the future we will invariably need to consider migrating the desktops to MS Vista, what are the major considerations of this?
A, Will the machines be at the right spec?
Q, The company server platform is 32Bit, what will prevent us using the more capable X64 software?
A, Duh?
Allowing 10 points for each question he scored a generous 4/40 (mostly for his monologue on DNS), maybe he can drive a van? 'NEXT'
Bill, EC2
"Thank God I got out of BAA before T5 went live"