Every so often the “is getting my CSWP worth it?” question crops up in one forum or another. Granted, should a potential employer gloss over the fact that a candidate has earned their CSWP, or not understand what the CSWP certification means, the whole question becomes moot, but let’s make a couple of assumptions so [...]
Jan
28
Apr
17
Free Stuff Part II
I’m guessing that the question I asked in yesterday’s post offering free CSWP exam coupons may have been a bit obscure as I only received one correct answer (congrats to Chris Serran). So, in order to award the final 9 exam coupons I have, here’s a new question: What are the four training courses SolidWorks [...]
Apr
16
SolidWorks Certification – Win one of ten free exams!
Back in January, I put up a post about SolidWorks certification being free and how I thought it cheapened the whole exam. At SolidWorks World, I interviewed Jeremy Luchini and we discussed my thoughts. He explained why they’d made the changes and it seemed reasonable, though I wasn’t fully convinced. About a month ago I [...]
Feb
14
Jeremy Luchini – Mr. Certification
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Jeremy Luchini on Tuesday, Day two of SolidWorks World. Jeremy is in charge of certification for SolidWorks. Whether you’re going for your CSWP, CSWA, CSWI or any other CSW*, Jeremy has had a hand in it. A quick note here: I’m not the world’s best [...]
Jan
21
SolidWorks Certification exams for free…ugh.
So SolidWorks has extended their "get certified for free" deal until, effectively, the end of 2009. Ugh. I don’t know why this bugs me, but it does. Maybe it’s because when I originally took the CSWP exam, it was ~$500 and an 8 hour exam. Granted, my VAR at the time gave me a discount [...]