Do Microsoft Certifications Help Your Career?

http://twitter.com/chrispirillo - http://facebook.com/chrispirillo - http://chris.pirillo.com - RedChannel is a student who plans to pursue a career in the IT field. He isn't able to obtain a four-year degree at this time, and wonders if gaining some certifications from Microsoft would be enough background to help him land a decent job. He asked this question over on our Questions and Answers community - Lockergnome.net. You are welcome to join us there to give your opinion on this question - or any of a few thousand others. http://live.pirillo.com - http://lockergnome.net

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[jackhas14]

thumbs up for the 5 people who missed the like button

[oneofonex1]

who has 20 certs?

[Jstar141957]

Too much education can be a bad thing these days. If you have too much education or certifications then you will be considered over qualified and probably require a very high salary. Companies can save money buy hiring a lesser educated person for less money.

[lanswipe]

@Borisyoch instead of see ya later, like people usually say - beceause and he uses electronic stuff, he says "e ya later" the "e" standing for "electronic"

[Borisyoch]

@lanswipe

"thats e asin emails" - what is this?

[lanswipe]

@Borisyoch its a corruption of "see ya later" its "e ya later", thats e asin emails or e-commerce...cos hes a geek :)

[Borisyoch]

@lanswipe

What does that mean?

[ilovmc]

i have my Microsoft certificate cause i took a Microsoft coarse at school (high-school)

[lanswipe]

@Matty6660 its "e ya later"

[computerhelperhacker]

thumbs up f you hate ads

[gxtechnology]

"sticktuitiveness"! Awesome word.

[vancouver57]

Hi Chris, and greetings from up I-5 a tad! Your comments about MS Certification is very interesting and I have reason to agree but with a few caveats. I've run my own software companies since 1995, interviewed hundreds of people personally, and screened thousands of CVs. When someone presents their formal education I never assume that this means that they deeply *know* the things such an education represents, but rather that they've been successful at passing tests.