A couple comments on Linux (and other certifications) and a question:
There are basically two reasons for a person to pursue certification:
1. An ego trip or sense of personal accomplishment.
2. Anticipation of money. For this to happen, the corporations have
to recognize that the certificate issuing company has great credibility.
So far, three linux certifications have been mentioned: Redhat is very
expensive which for many of us, seems to exclude reason 1 for pursuing it.
Linux Professional Institute is a) not quite yet available and b) $300
minimum. This puts reason 1 on the edge and since it is very new, makes it
very difficult to evaluate it in the context of reason 2. Frankly I have lost
track of Sair certification, but at one time the plan suggested several
hundred dollars and unknown recognition among the corporations.
The question, what about the FREE Linux certification at www.brainbench.com?
(This company recently changed its name from tekmetrics). They provide a free
on-line test, and mail nice certificates. Perfect for reason 1. My question
relates to reason 2.
Has anyone else completed one of their on-line tests? What do you think of
it? Can you compare the difficulty and coverage to the goals of RedHat or LPI?
Do any corporations seem to recognize it (or any of their other tests)?
Comments?
PS: not that it makes any difference, but my reason for pursuing
certifications is purely reason 1 -- certificates and lapel pins. So far I
have played Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, and Brainbench(linux and unix). I am
wondering which of the Linux/Unix certifications would make more sense for me:
Sun/Solaris, SCO, or one of the Linux certifications mentioned above.
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