Deborah Rothberg, who on April 26, 2006 wrote Study Shows Downside of IT Certification, addresses some interesting problems. And from Slashdot.org where CmdrTaco says, "IT certifications, popular after the dot-com bust, seem to be hurting careers now according to this article in the current Eweek.com issue. Guess employers are getting hip to the idea that those who don't have experience or can't "do", get certified..."
If you go to this report at Eweek.com you can see the total article by Deborah Rothberg.
While it may, or may not be true that there is an over abundance of certifications in the I.T. industry, what real effect is it having? Two such certifying companies, Novell and Microsoft, have so many certifications that do they really mean much any more?
Meanwhile, I.T. Asset Management certifications have not reached that point yet, except in companies who still do not take software compliance seriously. However, I cannot speak for all software compliance certifications as I am only aware of two actual software compliance certifications in the I.T. industry.
It seems there are many certifications that may be of questionable value, as there are so many appearing on the scene. This is food for thought. Do we, as I.T. professionals want to be chasing every certification there is in the I.T. world? Probably not a very good idea. But, to choose those that are of a real and lasting value can be a difficult choice.
I.T. Asset Management certifications, especially that truly deal with software compliance are going to become more important as time passes.
