feersum_endjinn (10/14/2010)
3) At what age do you think someone should consider being a manger? How long do you think someone should work as a techie before they can consider themselves as being someone good at their job? (I realise this is quite a difficult question to answer!)
It varies. Someone with the innate skills necessary will be ready earlier than someone who has to learn/develop them. Which skills those are would the subject of an interesting discussion. People with the wrong personality will never be ready. Contrary to popular (techie) belief, it is possible to be a good manager without technical knowledge, but it depends on the job definition.
feersum_endjinn (10/14/2010)
4) How important is certification to career progress?
The importance of certification is inversely proportional to the number of jobs around, so at the moment it's quite/very important; three years ago it wasn't.