On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 10:47, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > In another thread, Jason Dixon mentioned: > > > Well, I could. But you can't afford me. :) > > That got me to wondering... > > Jason, did you see a definite change in your income when you got the RHCE?
Yes and sorta. Yes, it allows me to charge a premium for Linux-specific consulting services. Sorta, in that full-time contracts are more apt to consider me for higher-paying jobs. It's definitely not a waste of time and/or investment. Folks in the know tend to treat the RHCE similar to a CCIE, in terms of realizing that real skills and experience go into earning this distinction. It's definitely not a "book" test. > I've been studying for the LPI Linux certification > (http://www.lpi.org/en/lpic.html), on the assumption that while I love > RedHat, as a CERT team member for our local National Guard, I should be > conversant with multiple versions of the OS. However, I'm always interested > in the results on the bottom line that investing in a certification will > have. For instance, when I finally got my Certified Novell Engineer way > back, it didn't do much for my wallet. Honestly, I really didn't plan on going for the RHCE until my primary employer offered to pay for it. Like a lot of industry folks, certificates are viewed as nice to have, but will only get you so far (although some carry more weight than others). The RHCE is one of those certs where nobody I've met disregards as a paper tiger. Not to disrespect any MCSE's, but I *have* met folks who look down their noses on the MCSE cert. This is not to say that there aren't a lot of MCSE's that are incredibly good at what they do and earn their salary, but there are also a ton of them that just took the test to break into the dot bomb era. We all know the type. HTH. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
