Everyone's an IoT expert but now there's a certificate to prove it Such is the current level of enthusiasm for the vision of a world wired with myriad sensors, it can sometimes seem that almost everyone is an expert on the Internet of Things. Cisco, however, has now created a way for you to prove your expertise in the form of a new Cisco Industrial Networking Specialist certification. The …
crap.
Cisco, like all other networking, is a commodity now. Has been for 5 years. The management types wont pay for it. I got out while the going was good. It felt good putting 'Routing TCP/IP' Volumes 1 and 2 in the chiminea. Along with 'CUCM - Best Practices', and 'QOS'. The future is openstack, SIPexec and commodity hardware. Bye bye networking, with your windowless rooms and management contempt! ROFL! Hahahahahha!
crap...
The world needs an iCrapper - with rounded corners and available in all colours, as long its white. Perhaps it will analyse your output (solid and liquid) and provide "regular" reports to your physician, or even suggest remedies ("sponsored") when your output is "irregular".
Automated Twitter/FB (image) feed so your followers know when you have evacuated your bowels/had a pee, and can give feedback/Likes.
There should be a scripting capability - severe stomach upset on a weekday morning - send message to the boss (with accompanying photo) to say that you will not be coming to work that day...
Just the type of thing that a Certified IoT Expert would b̶e̶ ̶q̶u̶a̶l̶i̶f̶i̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ produce.
> Cisco says the new certification is needed ...
... to make money. And as the IoT hasn't been either defined or developed yet, whatever is taught in this year's course will be completely irrelevant next year or next month. So the same gullible bosses who let their staff go on the jolly valuable learning experience, combined with time off work, will just have to shell-out again for another course (presumably with the word "advanced" in the title) at a later date - whenever someone fancies a paid break in whichever desirable location takes their fancy.
I mean, you'd be mad not to.
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