Originally posted by RichardCranium
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I have almost decided I can't find anything suitable. I'm toying with the idea of Scrum Master just as something to put on my CV.
I thought about ISEB Testing but the testing market is dead.
I thought about the ISEB Business Analysis but they've made it into lots of bits and I can't be arsed.
ITIL will be on V4 before anyone could have plodded their way through a fraction of the V3 exams. And who actually uses it in anger anyway?
As a project manager PRINCE2 was a no-brainer; mine expires in June this year so I supose I ought to renew it.
There doesn't seem to be any benefit to me in doing vendor certification exams.
I thought about doing Management_of_Risk but nobody seems to want it.
Information Security training is too expensive.
I could do MSP but I don't fancy programme manager work - I want to do IT not spend my life writing reports and bulltulipting to directors.
I did the PPSO qualifications just to piss off any PPSO staff I work with ("Actually pal, I'm better qualified than you to do your job too so don't try telling me how to do a risk log") but that doesn't get you a contract.
Nothing seems particularly interesting or beneficial.
I think I might be a bit bored of IT - I never seem to come across any exciting, inspiring, innovative or creative projects. It's just "Procure winkSoft from winkCo, bung some boxes in the machine room, tweak the software to suit the business, get the users to use it".
I thought about ISEB Testing but the testing market is dead.
I thought about the ISEB Business Analysis but they've made it into lots of bits and I can't be arsed.
ITIL will be on V4 before anyone could have plodded their way through a fraction of the V3 exams. And who actually uses it in anger anyway?
As a project manager PRINCE2 was a no-brainer; mine expires in June this year so I supose I ought to renew it.
There doesn't seem to be any benefit to me in doing vendor certification exams.
I thought about doing Management_of_Risk but nobody seems to want it.
Information Security training is too expensive.
I could do MSP but I don't fancy programme manager work - I want to do IT not spend my life writing reports and bulltulipting to directors.
I did the PPSO qualifications just to piss off any PPSO staff I work with ("Actually pal, I'm better qualified than you to do your job too so don't try telling me how to do a risk log") but that doesn't get you a contract.
Nothing seems particularly interesting or beneficial.
I think I might be a bit bored of IT - I never seem to come across any exciting, inspiring, innovative or creative projects. It's just "Procure winkSoft from winkCo, bung some boxes in the machine room, tweak the software to suit the business, get the users to use it".. The last 5 projects I have done have been agile, various flavours. I would concur that the Scrum Master qualification is noddy (I've heard, I have not done it) but as a differentiator it has definite positives.I am guessing you run projects, from your ariculate and concise writing style.
Don't get bored with IT, IT needs you IMHO...
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