[Asterisk-Users] OT: DCAP Certification

[Alexander Lopez]

 I am posting only as an opinion, my comments are based upon my
observations and NOT on FACTS.

I remember that when the exam or certification was first announced. Many
were upset at how the exam was to be administered, whom was going to
profit, and most inportantly, who was going to write the test.

The group that undertook the preparation of the exam were developers,
coders, and persons that have experience inh the Telecom/Datacom area
but may have never written a certification exam.  

I took the exam, cold turkey, I did not attend the boot camp nor did I
know what to expect.  I did however pass,  The score I received on the
written was less than I expected, but well above passing (85). If I had
known more about alamreciever and some other obscure applications I may
have faired better.

The test is well written and if you can pass it you are truly an
Asterisk Savvy Professional. I have learned that when solving a problem
it is better to know HOW and WHY things work, rather than understanding
the commands needed to make it work. We all have been in a situation
where 'it should work!!, but doesn't'. I think having the knowledge on
SIP RFC's and the different standards is not a bad thing. 

I have been fortunate to be in a position to hire technical persons.  I
have found that the certification is only a valuable as the test
required to get certified. I have hired many a MCSE that cannot figure
out an incomming mail issue because their understanding of the email
system is exchange based and the customer was using a sendmail-based
proxy.

Or how a Certified network pro does not know that a /24 is
255.255.255.0. They know one or the other, because that was on the test.

Give the people that had the 'testicular fortitude' to proceed and make
something out of nothing some credit. It is of coure only a first
release!!!!

Alex
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Patrick
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:06 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: DCAP Certification
> 
> (continuing topposting for readability)
> 
> Frankly having to know RFCs intimately sounds a bit over the 
> top to me.
> I took the RHCE exam which is seen as one of the toughest 
> exams in the industry and never had to study RFCs. I don't 
> know any other exams that require you to do so (based on 
> experience with Cisco, AIX, DB2, Novell and dare I say 
> Microsoft training). Imagine having to study all relevant 
> RFCs for RHCE. I would prolly have to start at 1 and end at 
> whatever is the highest number :)
> 
> I would be interested to learn what the rationale is of 
> having to know these RFCs. If the exam were aimed at 
> certifiying someone as an advanced Asterisk developer like 
> Olle than I can understand that. But what about the many 
> people that "just" manage the system? Do they really need 
> intimate knowledge of RFCs 2543, 3261, 1889, 2327 etc? If 
> they do than I guess they should call their vendor. Good for 
> business too :) Perhaps the certification could be split into 
> Certified Asterisk Engineer and Certified Asterisk Developer 
> or Certified Advanced Asterisk Engineer.
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
> 
> On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 10:21 +0800, Craig Guy wrote:
> > As other people have said, the theory exam includes questions not 
> > related directly to implementing and supporting asterisk.  
> In addition 
> > to knowing asterisk you will need to read up on voip standards.
> > 
> > Craig
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dovid Bender" <asteriskdigium at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
> > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: DCAP Certification
> > 
> > 
> > > >From what I have heard of the training doesnt do to
> > > much. The real way to learn is by trial and error. Get 
> the book and 
> > > start playing. For a while I was trying to use other people's 
> > > configs have others help me etc.
> > > thinking it was the short way out. It ended up being the 
> long way. 
> > > The best thing is to learn it on your own. Just my $0.02 .
> > >
> > > Dovid
> > > --- Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >> emails to astricon.net seems to bounce (at least for
> > >> me)
> > >> I need information about proper & authorized Asterisk 
> training in 
> > >> the Miami, FL area and the possibility of later DCAP testing.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> -------------------------------------------
> > >> Erick Perez
> > >> Linux User 376588
> > >> http://counter.li.org/  (Get counted!!!) Panama, 
> Republic of Panama 
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