Re: lpic certification courses

2018-12-01 Thread mj
Hi! Thanks everybody for the interesting responses/discussion. MJ On 11/29/18 2:51 AM, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 09:50:05AM +0100, mj wrote: Any tips for other good online lpic prep courses..? My early dealings with LPI as an organisation put me off of it for life so

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 09:50:05AM +0100, mj wrote: > Any tips for other good online lpic prep courses..? My early dealings with LPI as an organisation put me off of it for life so I am unable to make any recommendations I'm afraid. Admittedly that was more than 10 years ago. As someone w

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/28/2018 06:35 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: john doe wrote: On 11/28/2018 12:12 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: When I hire a junior sysadmin, if I can't get relevant employment experience, I look for an ability to explain their home system(s) and detail it enthusiastically ... Out of curiosity, what w

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread Dan Ritter
john doe wrote: > On 11/28/2018 12:12 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > When I hire a junior sysadmin, if I can't get relevant employment > > experience, I look for an ability to explain their home system(s) and > > detail it enthusiastically ... > > > > Out of curiosity, what would it take for a h

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread john doe
On 11/28/2018 12:12 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > mj wrote: >> So I decided to LPIC certify myself, and after some googling, I ended up >> doing the ucertify courses, purchased via lpimarketplace. > > In general, certifications aren't worth much. > > Notable exceptions: > > - when you have neither fo

Re: lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread Dan Ritter
mj wrote: > So I decided to LPIC certify myself, and after some googling, I ended up > doing the ucertify courses, purchased via lpimarketplace. In general, certifications aren't worth much. Notable exceptions: - when you have neither formal education nor work experience, a certfication is be

lpic certification courses

2018-11-28 Thread mj
Hi all, So I decided to LPIC certify myself, and after some googling, I ended up doing the ucertify courses, purchased via lpimarketplace. I started the first (mandatory) LPIC course "Linux Essentials", but immediately became a bit frustrated with the ucertify training, and would like to ask