RE: STC Certification

Subject: RE: STC Certification
From: "Sweet, Gregory (HEALTH)" <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov>
To: Daniel Friedman <daniel -dot- friedman42 -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:07:55 +0000

<snip> HTML/CSS and to a lesser extent JS are the3 I use most day-to-day. As far as I know, there aren't really certifications available for this stuff.</snip>

IDK about other geographic areas but Noble Desktop in New York City offers a Web Design certification that is licensed by the New York State Dept. of Education.

Their web design program is top notch, and I know because I completed it.

https://www.nobledesktop.com/certificates/web-design

Cheers!

-Greg

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Subject: Re: STC Certification

I would agree that programming and web programming (HTML/CSS/JS) is most relevant to a tech writer track. HTML/CSS and to a lesser extent JS are the
3 I use most day-to-day. As far as I know, there aren't really certifications available for this stuff. Only options I would see to formalize your knowledge of these are college courses (expensive and time
consuming) or building a portfolio of your own sites and apps (not necessarily relevant to a technical writing career, although I have seen one job ask for a GitHub portfolio for API documentation).

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
wrote:

> Excellent advice. If I were hiring, experience with HTML, CSS,
> JavaScript, Java, Python, or SQL would give an applicant the edge.
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 6:12 AM, Daniel Friedman
> <daniel -dot- friedman42 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> > ... Someone starting out would probably be better served spending
> > their
> time
> > building portfolio pieces through school or by volunteering time to
> > a non-profit or open-source projects on github.
> >
> > If certification was to be pursued, it might be better to go for
> > certs in specific subject-domains relevant to the industries that
> > you are trying
> to
> > break into. For example, in IT it would show a good baseline of
> > knowledge to get the COMPTIA A+ or the entry level Microsoft MCSE:
> > Desktop Infastructure cert. I am not familiar with other industries,
> > but I am
> sure
> > there are similar courses/certifications for
> > healthcare/finance/government/etc.
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Follow-Ups:

References:
STC Certification: From: Claire Lundeby
Re: STC Certification: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: STC Certification: From: Monique Semp
Re: STC Certification: From: Robert Lauriston
RE: STC Certification: From: Kathy Bowman
RE: STC Certification: From: Rebecca Officer
RE: STC Certification: From: Dan Goldstein
Re: STC Certification: From: Daniel Friedman
Re: STC Certification: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: STC Certification: From: Daniel Friedman

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