Reply to: Training; increasing the skill set ;)

[Mich the Tester]

I've done some SAP ISU testing; how much of ISU is applicable in other SAP colours and flavours?

[Andy2]

Don't believe these guys, there's no money in SAP, go for .net, it's the future afterall

Don't go for SAP. You will get only £1000/day contracts .

[ratewhore]

It's a perfectly cromulent word

I see what you did there...

[NickFitz]

Not sure that makes grammatical sense.

It's a perfectly cromulent word

[ratewhore]

this really does irate me. The whole SC clearance tulipe - they are willing to put contractors forward who have it but dont have the skill - yet cant wait for the right person WITH the skill....tossers.

Not sure that makes grammatical sense.

It's an embuggerance isn't it? Look on the bright side though - I already have it...

[Doggy Styles]

Or 0 quid with a good cracked version. The only systems that make you safe are the ones that you can't learn without a full scale implementation in your hand. Do I have to remind all of you everytime? Just 3 words....

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Three words? That's only three letters.

[Purple Dalek]

Don't believe these guys, there's no money in SAP, go for .net, it's the future afterall

[Liability]

Try and find a gig that will get you SC cleared. Numerous public sector contracts will await, and most agents don't seem to give a tulip whether your skills match up to the gig or not, provided you've got SC clearance you're in. Probably one of the reasons why so many government projects go tits up.

this really does irate me. The whole SC clearance tulipe - they are willing to put contractors forward who have it but dont have the skill - yet cant wait for the right person WITH the skill....tossers.

[DiscoStu]

Well rather than asking whether the skills are right for me, I'm asking which certifications are most valid in their field, and if there is variance for the public sector.

Try and find a gig that will get you SC cleared. Numerous public sector contracts will await, and most agents don't seem to give a tulip whether your skills match up to the gig or not, provided you've got SC clearance you're in. Probably one of the reasons why so many government projects go tits up.

[Tin Pot]

Well rather than asking whether the skills are right for me, I'm asking which certifications are most valid in their field, and if there is variance for the public sector.

E.g. Is TOGAF the best accreditation for architecture to have in the public sector?

[Pondlife]

Or 0 quid with a good cracked version. The only systems that make you safe are the ones that you can't learn without a full scale implementation in your hand. Do I have to remind all of you everytime? Just 3 words....

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[Liability]

Or 0 quid with a good cracked version. The only systems that make you safe are the ones that you can't learn without a full scale implementation in your hand. Do I have to remind all of you everytime? Just 3 words....

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very true

[VectraMan]

I was having a conversation with some Java people in my team the other day and a couple of them pointed out that these days there is increased competition in this area just by virtue of the fact that the various Java development environments are all (or mostly) open source meaning that every man and his dog from Bangalore to Vladivostok can learn it. Unlike the .Net dev environment which, last time I looked, was around 500 quid for an enterprise licence. .

Visual C# Express is free. And there are open source C#/.NET compilers (there must be for something like mono to fly).

[Francko]

Unlike the .Net dev environment which, last time I looked, was around 500 quid for an enterprise licence.

Or 0 quid with a good cracked version. The only systems that make you safe are the ones that you can't learn without a full scale implementation in your hand. Do I have to remind all of you everytime? Just 3 words....

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[wurzel]

Programming: C# or Java?

I was having a conversation with some Java people in my team the other day and a couple of them pointed out that these days there is increased competition in this area just by virtue of the fact that the various Java development environments are all (or mostly) open source meaning that every man and his dog from Bangalore to Vladivostok can learn it. Unlike the .Net dev environment which, last time I looked, was around 500 quid for an enterprise licence.
I suppose this may have more relevance if you are going to put yourself around on sites like Rentacoder.com etc rather than it affecting your marketability in the contract market.