| Topic Name: |
IT Certifications |
| Message Name: |
IT certifications |
| Date Posted: |
06/14/2003 |
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Your message is confusing, do you "want to keep it as a hobby" or would you "love to get into consulting?" If you're looking for a job as an attorney I doubt that programming games as a hobby is going to help on your cv. If you feel the need state that it's a hobby, which is what your experience is regardless as to how good you think you are or may even be.
If you're looking to get into consulting and not practice law, what type of consulting are you looking to practice? If you want to get into the corporate world i.e. make steady money, having programmed some games on the side isn't going to impress anyone. You will need some real commercial experience. If you're looking to develop games, why the heck did you go to law school? I think you need some career guidance! |
| Message: |
I'll try to rephrase that.
What I am asking specifically (in this thread titled IT certifications) is how to display certain software dev qualifications that I have in my CV -- when it is neither possible to list it as work experience (as you noted as well) and when it doesnt fit my academic background either.
I was thinking maybe there are certain renowned IT certifications that I could try to match my existing skills with.
Why I want to do this? If you read my message right.. my career plans are quite set- I want to get into consulting.
Obviously (law grad) this is a career change for me so I'm trying to spice up my CV with stuff that could be relevant for consulting companies.
My programming experience has helped me alot in training my analytical skills, my mathematical and quantitative skills. Being able to display this with a certificate for instance could possibly be an asset for me-- thats why I'm looking into it.
In this kind of ecnomy anything that sets you apart from your peers in a positive way is especially worth looking into.
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