Whereas the techniques measured by certification exams cover a broad spectrum of technology for a more well-rounded approach. By certifying their professionals, managers will have the comfort of knowing that their team members have a broad base of knowledge to help them leverage the robust technology of Adaptive Server Enterprise, SQL Server and PowerBuilder. I am familiar with an individual who is certified and one who is not. The one who is NOT certified is the one I'd hire. No certification program on the market today can guarantee that all certified individuals will necessarily perform better than non-certified individuals.
Certification is viewed simply as one of many variables useful to becoming successful.
It provides an objective measurement tool - one that helps individuals and organizations in a variety of ways, such as building skills, competence, and credibility. Clearly, experience is a critical component that Sybase, Inc. certification program supports, and the more experience before and after certification, the better. Unfortunately, many popular certification programs in the industry today have given certification a bad name. So they represent virtually nothing. This is not the case for Sybase, Inc. certification.