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Subject:Re: Certification anecdote From:Karen Kay <karenkay -at- CADENCE -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Jan 1996 17:10:53 -0800
geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA wrote:
> This thread reminded me that if we had required
> certification ten years ago, I'd never have gotten my first
> job and probably wouldn't be writing this right now.
This is a good story, but I don't see why you say that certification
would have prevented you from getting this job.
