When you are driving, you get into a mental flow, where your ideas get connected in strange ways, so the thing went like this...
At some point, while I was driving down some nice highway in France, it started to rain heavily, so much I could barely see the car that was in front of me.
But the lights of the car was the only thing I could actually see, so I decided to stay there, at a safe distance from the car, and follow those red lights until the weather would get better.
Given the context I was in, it seemed the best option.
Then, when the storm stopped, when I was able to drive by my own, I mentally thanked this unknown driver for helping me this part of the trip, and for not falling down any bridge while I was blindly following him.
That night, once in the Hotel, I checked quickly the email, and saw this rutinary email from linkedIn telling me that somebody is seeing my profile. This happens from time to time, and I usually don't pay attention to this message.
But wait, what if they are in a middle of a storm, looking for somebody to follow, what is they are looking for advice, what if they see that I have the ISTQB certificate.
They might think it was worth, when it wasn't.
I paid too much money, for a bad training and a useless certificate. Yes, I learnt something, yes, I met other people...
But I have learnt a lot more in other trainings and conferences.
And I have met a great community in those events.
So it's time to let it go, just in case somebody chooses to follow me for a short time, at least it won't be in that wrong direction.
And since ISTQB won't return any money as it happens to be a lifetime** certificate, at least I am deleting that line from my LinkedIn profile.
*The picture is not mine, I found it in this blog.
**For this lifetime, I am the son of my father, and I am the father of my sons, and no ISTQB certification shall compete with that.
