01-22-2009, 09:56 AM
Ok, that's a fair question. First, I would agree with your comments about how both ICCP and Bird Publications seem to have self-disqualified themselves as reputable/respectable players in any kind of technical field at all. The ICCP website is as bad as they come, and when you start working with them you realize that it's actually much worse then it appears.
That said, I need the ICCP credit because [shockingly] it counts towards my degree as and is ACE approved. The credential is useless, and in my 15 years of hiring IT people I have never once seen anyone with an ICCP certification, which appears to be fairly useless.
There is precious little information about these exams, but one thing I've consistently read is that they tests are outdated, hard to study for, and unpredictable. Many people who have taken the exams either said that the Bird materials were 'not very good but the best available' or 'worth buying as they are the only resource even remotely geared towards the exam'.
So, I bought it! We'll see how it goes!
ICCP does offer one great thing - they will let you sit for the exam on your home computer and proctor the exam via a webcam/microphone. Very nice, although the irony is that a webcam/mic proctored exam is much easier to cheat on, videotape, or otherwise abuse. So, I'm surprised they allow it but I'm happy that they will because it's convenient for me.
Big surprise, they DONT mention that service on their website. You have to call and ask about it, and someone will call you back to tell you how to schedule the at-home proctor via email
That said, I need the ICCP credit because [shockingly] it counts towards my degree as and is ACE approved. The credential is useless, and in my 15 years of hiring IT people I have never once seen anyone with an ICCP certification, which appears to be fairly useless.
There is precious little information about these exams, but one thing I've consistently read is that they tests are outdated, hard to study for, and unpredictable. Many people who have taken the exams either said that the Bird materials were 'not very good but the best available' or 'worth buying as they are the only resource even remotely geared towards the exam'.
So, I bought it! We'll see how it goes!
ICCP does offer one great thing - they will let you sit for the exam on your home computer and proctor the exam via a webcam/microphone. Very nice, although the irony is that a webcam/mic proctored exam is much easier to cheat on, videotape, or otherwise abuse. So, I'm surprised they allow it but I'm happy that they will because it's convenient for me.
Big surprise, they DONT mention that service on their website. You have to call and ask about it, and someone will call you back to tell you how to schedule the at-home proctor via email
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