On March 30, 2005 02:43 pm, Lucas wrote: > But when logging in remotely you could still have help from someone. > I doubt an employer would care much about a certification that you > could get from home... Don't get me wrong, I don't like that, but I > think it's true.
> Also, in order for the certification not to be the dreaded > 'toiletpaper', shouldn't there be a more practical part? I vagely > remember reading about the RHCE certification, didn't that include > having to fix real problems, on wich you could use any man-pages and > faqs, but had to fix it in a time-limit? And if that wasn't the RHCE, > isn't it a good idea anyway :-) Yes, that's the RHCE. Our IT Analyst did that one recently (2003) in Vancouver. They have a lab setup with a bunch of computers. These computers are imaged using the RedHat kickstart setup. The computer is imaged with something broken somewhere, and you're given a short description of the symptoms. You have to fix the problem within a certain time. Once you are done, someone walks over, checks your solution, marks down the score, then runs a bunch of commands to re-image the computer with the next problem. And so on down the list. I believe you're given 2 hours for the practical tests. He really liked the experience, and we now use a variation of this setup in our job interviews for IT positions. -- Freddie Cash, CLCP CNCP Network Support / Helpdesk School District 73 (250) 377-4357 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
