Microsoft Certified System Engineer versus Experience

When comes to System Administrator position, many companies prefer someone with MCSE compare with someone who do not have. One thing the companies fail to understand that a good candidate is the one who do not have MCSE however able to be independent enough to keep learning by himself through various sources and able to maintain the companies IT infrastructure without problem for years. This candidate could be much better than MCSE level. They are learning the latest technology due to their own endeavour. MCSE course syllabus are fixed and they are putting them to think like a box.

People with exposure and experience but without MCSE are able to do much better because they can use various technology combine together to give you the best solution. That is what I call think out of the box. Furthermore, MCSE course teach people the right ways to do things therefore those candidate with MCSE do not know what are the reasons behind the right ways. Take a non-MCSE candidate, they would do the trial and error method to get things done. No doubt it is time consuming however they know every corners of the system. This allow them to design their own effective ways to do things. Sometime better than those taught in MCSE courses.

Would you prefer someone to build they own road compare with someone who walks a pre-built road all the time. The choice is yours.