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The CSWP Debate

Jeff Mirisola — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:47:31 +0000

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 …

Free Stuff Part II

Jeff Mirisola — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:11 +0000

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 …

SolidWorks Certification – Win one of ten free exams!

Jeff Mirisola — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:31:36 +0000

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 …

Jeff Mirisola — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:48:30 +0000

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 …

SolidWorks Certification exams for free…ugh.

Jeff Mirisola — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:50:49 +0000

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 …