All I have is experience. I never have time to take the tests that have questions with answers that defy real world experience. I have talked to folks with certs and absolutely no experience that wanted to start a job making a lot more money than I do.[wink]

Get a job beneath the level identified by the certification and demonstrate the ability to do the job. Demonstrate the ability to back up the cert, and you keep working your way up from there. Eventually, you may work your way up to management where they suck that ability back out of you.

Paper shows an interest to do the job, experience shows someone willing to endure the trials of the long haul.