My initial rant on this topic was posted both here – and on Active Rain where I have another blog. Active Rain attracts many from the industry itself – unlike this blog which is more consumer facing. So I thought I would paste a link over to that blog and I have put together a follow-up since that posting created such a stir.
Since there was such a debate over my blog on designations and their relative value, I thought it would be nice if I culled through the responses in order to get a consensus and also offer up some references for further reading.
There were 41 responders to the blog – excluding those who posted more than once and of course my responses. There were three distinct camps:
1. 49% Felt designations were of dubious value (I included myself in that group.)
2. 29% Felt that having one or two made sense.
3. 22% Felt that felt multiple designations were valuable.
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