[asterisk-users] Digium training course

[Jon Pounder]

Steve Totaro wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Eric ManxPower Wieling
> <eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>   
>> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wednesday 17 September 2008 21:42:20 Steve Totaro wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Pascal Bruno <tipascal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Anybody knows how to get a Coupon Code for the discount on the Asterisk
>>>>> training classes???  I am interested on taking that upcoming Asterisk
>>>>> Advance course, and 3K is kinda steep and considering I am still a
>>>>> college student paying this training out of my pocket, every bit helps.
>>>>>           
>>>> Sorry to thread jack.
>>>>
>>>> For that matter, I think old timers like myself should automatically
>>>> get a dCAP.
>>>>
>>>> Six or seven years of Asterisk extensive experience should grandfather
>>>> the dCAP and maybe even the training.
>>>>
>>>> I am sure I have a few tricks up my sleeve that the instructors don't know.
>>>>
>>>> If memory serves me correctly, there was talk about this very issue
>>>> when the training and dCAP track came out.  I will google it later.
>>>>         
>>> Nobody, including Mark Spencer and myself, have gotten a free pass on the
>>> dCAP.  That said, I think you may be able to take the test for cheap.  I don't
>>> know the exact price, but in any bootcamp, they allow people to come down on
>>> the last day and take only the test, as I did, if they have the space and
>>> resources (specifically, for the practical portion).
>>>       
>> I also used to think the old timers should get grandfathered dCAP cert.
>>  Then I looked at some of the stuff the dCAP certification tests for
>> and realized that almost nobody out there that learned Asterisk from the
>> docs and use it in a real world install would be able to pass the dCAP.
>>
>> As Tilghman said you can take JUST the dCAP test for a reasonable fee
>> without having to take the classes.
>>
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>>     
>
> Another paper mill to bring down the reputation of the dCAP.
>
> Are there braindumps out there, or TroyTec (http://www.troytec.com) 13
> page cheat papers that will allow you to hold the highly coveted dCAP?
>
> Maybe I should create a site for a nominal donation to the practice
> tests and braindumps.
>
> dCAP is useless if not based on real world experience.  That is how I
> got my CCNA, real world experience.
>   

If the end customer doesn't even know what asterisk is, what good is 
certification ?

I get resumes all the time with certifications on them I have never even 
heard of - I just totally ignore that stuff and look at what they have 
actually been doing, if its been flipping burgers, it goes in the trash. 
Even if you can't get a job in the field you want, there is nothing 
stopping you from working on open source projects, trying stuff etc., 
and then put it on your resume.
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
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