Preface
Paper Chase
From Security Watch, Monday, June 3, 2002
By Roberta Bragg
I'll admit it. I hold a paper cert. I attended bartending school and passed the exam, but I'm not employed as a bartender, nor do I have any real experience. Would any of you believe that some piece of paper qualifies me to take over at your local watering hole?
How is this different from being a paper MCSE? The market, that's how. After attending bartending school, you're qualified to apply to places so desperate for help they'll take someone with no experience. The meaning is clear when you list that credential.
Being a paper cert holder in some other professional circles isn't a good thing. The proliferation of paper MCSEs—those who have passed the exams but have ...
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