At 12:57 00/02/06 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Alan Wilson wrote:
>
> >
> > 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.
Not everybody does certification just for 1 & 2. sometimes it is just part
of the on-job-training that you have to take the certification.
Linux certification is to show yourself that you have the certain credited
edge
as to administering, configuring, trouble-shooting general servers.
(imho some of the people here would pass the test easily, most probably won't)
M$CE is an example of a certification which you-study-you-pass and most
certainly
a marketing sucess.
> I don't place much weight on ceritifications at all. I've met alot
>of people who have certifications and they couldn't even write a basic
>startup script, add static routes to a box, administer a web-server, or
>troubleshoot under the kind of pressure that is common in cutting-edge IT
>shops, etc...
> I've found that the most worthless certification is the MCSE.
>We've interviewed tons of paper MCSE's to support our desktop NT
>workstations, and I find that I know NT quite a bit more thoroughly then
>they do, and I'm a Unix admin! That tells me that an MCSE doesn't amount
>to a whole lot except giving money to Bill Gates.
imho if most linux certification is going be like MCSE, sure it would
glorify you.
But what is the use if you can't even debug a simple problem hands-on?
(Not trying to start a flame thread here)
If most of the $100 or free linux certifications dont't include the
hands-on trouble-shoot.
We shouldn't support it. why ? You can be sure that almost *every* M$CE
capable person
is going to jump in ... Not because they know, but its because of the
easier standard
of the certification which we support.
(Just imagine, 100 MCQ qns and maybe a 10 yr old kid who just read through
the notes
could zip it through in less than 15 mins flat? Hows that for a
"professional exam"?)
> At least CCNA's can setup a router and get the VLAN's working
>correctly on a swtich.
Pardon me, i have a strong feeling that you have a CCNA right?
regards,
sixx
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