Timeline for Do ISTQB/ISEB Testing Certificates prove that someone can test?
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| May 22, 2017 at 16:23 | history | edited | Kate Paulk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Minor cleanup, made it clear that some places act differently w.r.t certificates
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| May 22, 2017 at 16:00 | comment | added | Kate Paulk | In some places having the certificate is necessary for employment and considered necessary to be able to test. I suspect this is the poster's environment. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 14:16 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| May 22, 2017 at 12:07 | comment | added | Niels van Reijmersdal | It depends on person per person. I would not grade someone with a degree or certificate higher or lower. For testers it is even harder as critical thinking is not something you learn on school. I would argue that schools destroys critical thinking, because teachers and predefined answers are always right. As the manifesto states: "testing benefits from diversity and not homogeneity". I understand your thinking and that of most HR-departments, but I think it is seriously flawed. I do have to remark that I am also biased as I do not have a certificate nor a degree from any school. :) | |
| May 22, 2017 at 10:38 | comment | added | RecepC | I agree with you at the point where you need to pay money for this certificate. But you need to pay money also for ITIL, TOEFL , IELTS , Universities etc. In my point of I would hire certificated tester instead of non at the same experience level. As I would hire University graduate instead of vocational school graduate. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 9:49 | comment | added | Niels van Reijmersdal | I have heard the driver-licence comparison before, but in this case ISTQB is not a license, it is a way to make money nothing more nothing less, it is not about modern practical testing. James Bach compares test-certifications with medicine in the middle ages. In those times you where learned that bloodletting was a good practise for fixing illnesses and diseases, you could also get a doctor degree for it, auch! I think ISTQB is similar as it is not practical and based on theory, therefor I signed the professionaltestersmanifesto.org | |
| May 22, 2017 at 7:58 | review | Late answers | |||
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| May 22, 2017 at 7:39 | history | answered | RecepC | CC BY-SA 3.0 |