I was recently speaking to a gentleman at a conference about various forms of educations. Specifically, we were speaking about the value of education versus certification. I told the gentleman I would reflect on the subject and post my thoughts here. Before I begin, I want to make one point extremely clear. I am giving this meditation as a developer to a developer. Although I have seen MANY parallels to IT professionals, my experience with IT pros would lead me to have slightly different thoughts ......