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[internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Chris MacLeod)]

As a currently unemployed unix admin these commercials drive me nuts!

Not only do they foster a false hope that there are thousands of high 
paying exciting jobs out there waiting for someone with a fresh 
MCSE/CCNA/etc and *zero* experience, but  you also get these people 
flooding job openings with their resume's making it harder for employers 
to filter through all the line noise.  

I have nothing against people trying to better their situation by 
getting more education and going into IT (please go the MCSE route 
though :) ) but I think those commercials are A) annoying as hell B) 
annoying C) annoying and D) misleading

Any hoo, back to the job postings...

Stick

Jeff Bacon wrote:

>Is it just me or is everyone just completely sick of those stupid
>radio ads? You know the ones.
>
>        "Did you know the average salary of a Microsoft Certified
>        Systems Engineer is between fifty and one hundred thousand
>        dollars? Today, at <SCHOOL X>, you can learn the skills
>        needed to get this valuable certification!"
>
>        (Uh-huh. The ones that actually have jobs, you mean.
>        Where are they working, anyway?)
>
>        "For most of us, there are only a few times in our lives
>        when opportunity knocks on our doors. This could be yours -
>        <SCHOOL Y> is now offering financing for you to get your
>        IT professional certifications!"
>
>        "There are those who let life pass them by. There are those
>        who dream. And there are those that do something about their
>        dreams. Join the ones that are doing something about it
>        by getting your MCSE|CCNA at <SCHOOL Z>!"
>
>        (Everyone dreams of being an IT professional? How boring.)
>
>        "Are you bored with your current job? Do you want to make
>        more money? Join the thousands of people who have upgraded
>        their careers by studying for your MCSE|CCNA at <SCHOOL A>!"
>
>        (And these concepts are related... how?)
>
>        And then of course there is the classic
>
>        [often in a Bill Clinton-esque voice]
>        "Do you have a job?" *RAH* "Do you have $200?" *RAH*
>        Then YOU can get a new car!"
>
>        But this particular stupidity I will save for another day.
>
>
>I can only imagine how insulting these ads must feel to the people
>on this list who have real-world skills and experience and are
>currently unemployed. I know how I'd feel.
>
>I realize that hyperbole is a normal part of advertising.
>I just find the audacity involved pretty damn amazing.
>Either that, or it says something about how out of touch
>education can be with reality.
>
>-bacon
>
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