{"id":426,"date":"2012-01-13T17:15:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sol-biotech.com\/wordpress\/?p=426"},"modified":"2012-01-13T17:15:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:15:29","slug":"not-sure-how-i-feel-about-this-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sol-biotech.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/01\/13\/not-sure-how-i-feel-about-this-also\/","title":{"rendered":"Not sure how I feel about this also…"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Badges’ Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas
\nhttp:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Badges-Earned-Online-Pose\/130241\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I think the idea behind this concept is quite valid, provide a way for effort to be recognized (for instance, I have spent huge number of hours helping people on a programming forum but I doubt (other than that almost certainly leading to being chosen as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) it helps me in any job search (I do tend to mention it in my cover letters, though, maybe there is a payoff)). Also, I have studied a huge number of subject quite intently and if I were able to take on-line courses and pass tests that gave me accreditable recognition I might be motivated to complete some areas of study (usually when I find out I have been an idiot for making some invalid assumption I tend to drop the subject, one of the drawbacks about knowing a little about a lot of subjects). I did get certified in one area (actually two, but the second (Scrum Product Owner) was an extension of my employment (and was pretty much a joke anyway)), I became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), but my personal experience was that effort wasn’t worth a damn (meaning I couldn’t get any jobs in the infosec world despite having it).<\/p>\n

However, I see it subject to huge potential for abuse. Unless there was some sort of honest accreditation body that would evaluate what it took to get the badge (and ensured that those requirements didn’t get diluted over time!) and further act as some sort of clearinghouse so someone trying to evaluate the worth of a badge had a one-stop shop, I figure they are totally worthless. Unless you have some widely accepted ‘badge’ (like the CISSP, though by itself it wasn’t worth a damn to me) that the community can agree on (and further, have some sort of way validating it was earned), what is to keep me from charging $5 for whatever badge you think is cool looking that you can add to your resume? I like this quote (there are several nice statements in the article, I highly recommend it):<\/p>\n

\nA world of badges would also create extra work for both job applicants trying to organize and present their badges and to employers trying to judge their actual worth. All badges could seem more flash than substance, like the “flair” worn by the waitress in the movie Office Space<\/em>.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bottom line, I am conflicted. The idea has so much potential that I want to champion it, but it is so easy to build a totally meaningless system that I feel without some strong guiding hand it will leap directly into uselessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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