RacerX wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Mikel King wrote:
First I would like to suggest that we attack one subject per thread.
I honestly am getting quite confused with the back and forth in a disconnected fashion.
Ok that said I was thinking about the cert expirations and here's something to consider;
Let's say we have the basic universal BSD certs, and some specialized certs.
These would require a recert at the highest level attained once every two years
1. BSD User
2. BSD Jr Admin
3. BSD Sr Admin
Interesting concepts. As to the above, does being an admin (and certed) require a retesting every 2 years? If however, the admin part of BSD changes readically (and I don't think it doesnt) then I can see this.
I'm unsure how this one ought to work. Perhaps just for the "admin" part of this, this outh to be open ended.
Specializations that do expire; 1. Advanced Security Admin 2. Advance DB Admin 3. Advanced <INSERT NAME HERE> Admin
I tend to agree here. As time goes on, so does the requirments of locking down a server or box. Look how much ipfw has changed in just a few years. I tend to think this could fall under the 2 year expiration/renewal.
Specialized OS Specific Certification that do not need to expire because once the track has been closed there will not be any changes made.
1. FreeBSD 4.x Track
2. FreeBSD 5.x Track
3. NetBSD 2.x Track
4. OpenBSD 3.x Track
This make perfect sence to me. However, having them expire completely? Let's consider the folks that remain on older releases. Does this mean that becasue they choose to stay on say 4.x, that they ought not seek someone that has a cert for 4.x? If it expires, then they can't - if you know what I mean.
That's exactly why I thought these shouldn't expire, and exactly why I thought we should have a different track per major release. Ideally let's say you certified all the way upto Sr Admin NetBSD 2.x this year and next year 3.x is realesed, well you Sr Admin cert is still good for another year, and if you'd like or need to you could then cert in NetBSD 3.x and now carry both, then the following year recert as a Sr Admin...I think this would be a simple expiration scheme.
There I go again throwing things at the wall. So let's see if it sticks...:D
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