Sean North, president of North Notes, LLC, earlier in his career worked for five years on a computer help desk, supporting employees who didn’t have proper computer training and didn’t know a PC from a portal. “It does seem like one needs to be certified in IT just to be able to use a PC or a laptop these days,” North told TechNewsWorld. It used to be that only high-end computer developers and programmers sought accreditation on tools developed by Microsoft, Sun or Novell. Now, the dispossessed of computing — trying to join the digital literati — are seeking out certification to prove that they too can compute.
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Joining the Digital Ranks: Worldwide Computer Certification
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski September 5, 2003 03:59 AMSean North, president of North Notes, LLC, earlier in his career worked for five years on a computer help desk, supporting employees who didn’t have proper computer training and didn’t know a PC from a portal. “It does seem like one needs to be certified in IT just to be able to use a PC or a laptop these days,” North told TechNewsWorld. It used to be that only high-end computer developers and programmers sought accreditation on tools developed by Microsoft, Sun or Novell. Now, the dispossessed of computing — trying to join the digital literati — are seeking out certification to prove that they too can compute.