I just registered to this website only because I wanted to reply to your article:

Because I am mostly a self-taught person with no certs to hang on the wall on my last interview I've been told "your CV is outstanding, but I do not understand why there is so much of a gap between your job experience and your education".
Unfortunately I did not have the spot-on answer (or bravery if you like) to tell them what I really think about being certified versus have a real understanding about what is going on with your network/server/whatever because you learned that the hard way.

Needless to say, I didn't get through the interview.
Now, how today's businesses will judge my CV if I specifically write down "self-taught education" on that will be nice to know.

I just registered to this website only because I wanted to reply to your article:

Because I am mostly a self-taught person with no certs to hang on the wall on my last interview I've been told "your CV is outstanding, but I do not understand why there is so much of a gap between your job experience and your education".
Unfortunately I did not have the spot-on answer (or bravery if you like) to tell them what I really think about being certified versus have a real understanding about what is going on with your network/server/whatever because you learned that the hard way.

Needless to say, I didn't get through the interview.
Now, how today's businesses will judge my CV if I specifically write down "self-taught education" on that will be nice to know.