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AMSLLC

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  1. Well you are entitled to your opinion, but.... I just don't see it. I saw the same thing with network engineers I knew, and it is somewhat analogous. That is: people who came into network engineering just from years on the job, only to find some guy who passed a test and never did a thing would get a better job. That is just not how it works. NI certification says nothing about commitment. I am committed because I stay with NI material from job to job, company to company, then my own company. Commitment is not a test. I don't see your point really but it is one the larger NI alliance members are taking. I respect some of it, but don't really agree. I also feel that the NI certification path says there is only one way to program. I saw all kinds of labview programming over the years; some bad, some good. But most of the best was not from guys taking tests.
  2. Recently I noticed some discussion on freelance LabView or NI programming. I also noticed some older discussion on certification. I have been a LabView programmer for about 15+ years. I have been completely freelance for 6 years. Before that I worked at jobs involving labview or teststand. I don't really want to go back to "employee" status but would under right circumstances. One thing that bothers me about being a one man shop is NI certification. I don't see the merits for the most part. NI has always been a supporter of the do-er and not the talker. I remember the early 1990's when something like certification would have been laughed at because one could hardly find anyone interested in LabView; much less certification. Many of the bigger NI Alliance groups follow the certification theme lots. NI has even removed from the alliance page anyone not certified so I lost my main advertisement - the NI webpage. So do all the freelance'rs out there get certified? I have programmed LabView for 15 years and never once took any LabView course. I would probably fail the certification test because I have not taken the coursework. I am sure there are merits for me getting certified but then it kind of makes me look like a talker not a do-er, and that has never been how I made my money. I find the path NI took with certification contrary to the original NI. It also is a negative to many alliance members and freelancers. What do others think?
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