Archive for category certification
Welcome to the Certification Bubble
Posted by David Bland in agile, certification on July 5, 2011
“A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed” – Peter Thiel
I’ve been mulling over this quote ever since Sarah Lacy included it in her article about our current perceived higher education bubble a few months ago.
It was in the back of my mind as I wrote a recent piece on how adding PMP to your title nets you a 12% raise.
It’s on the tip of my tongue ever time I read “CSM Required” and “CSP Preferred” on a job posting.
Let’s face it, our higher education bubble extends beyond the ivy league establishments and into the way we test, and yes, the way we certify.
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And Now You Are Just a Project Manager
Posted by David Bland in agile, certification, jobs, scrum on October 25, 2010
You’ve seen the job description:
Project Manager / ScrumMaster
- Must have knowledge of traditional project management
- CSM preferred
- PMP nice to have
These are becoming more and more common as of late, and typically posted by 3rd party recruiters working on behalf of large enterprise organizations.
What they fail to mention in the description is how once their agile adoption fails, you’ll be a full time Project Manager
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The Agile Developer Certification
Posted by David Bland in agile, certification on September 20, 2009
There has been a resurgence of Agile Developer Certification noise over the internet these last few weeks. Most of this resonating from Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson‘s Agile Developer Skills Google Group. To put things into perspective, August 2009 had a total of 5 messages whereas September 2009 has 635 messages so far. What have [...]
