Hi,
I find this initiative extremely valuable!
I am currently working on a personal project I call "Chateau IT".
Its aim is to help people in switching to a career in IT.
I am in the process of creating a small training facility in rural
France, aimed primarily at Dutch people first, to offer them tools to
make the transition.
StartIT would be very valuable for me to offer as a first course for
people to get their "feet wet" in IT without any prior knowledge so they
can see if this is something for them.
Please continue this project. I am very interested in the
outcome/release of version 1.0
Warm regards to all in the LPI community,
Jeroen Baten
Op 12-08-2021 om 11:55 schreef Evan Leibovitch via lpi-examdev:
Hi Ottavio.
Thanks for the comments. A few responses:
* Anyone advanced enough to be in this mailing list is not the
target audience for StartIT, indeed very far from it. StartIT is
designed for those who are looking for a first career, or a new
career. It is designed to help people to make an *informed* choice
of whether a path in IT is suitable for them. They may take the
program and come to the conclusion that IT is not for them, and
even here we succeed in our task of helping people make a decision
for the right reasons.
* As Fabian said, this is neither a certification nor a certificate,
I am not even sure that a badge is needed (since you don't really
benefit anyone else but yourself by taking it). The program's
design will produce different answers, different paths, for each
individual who participates. We and the learner succeed when they
attain the tools to form well-informed opinions on what is best
for them. In a variation of YMMV, *everyone's* mileage will vary.
Of course for those who *do* proceed into an IT career, LPI offers
a very useful continuing path ... but this is not being designed
as a marketing tool but rather a neutral and realistic
introduction to an IT field that is much broader than the segment
whose skills are tested for our certifications. One of StartIT's
best applications (IMO) will be in public libraries and secondary
schools where people go for vocational advice and resources.
* We take the "P" in LPI very seriously. Only a few weeks ago I gave
a webinar (the recording is here
<https://www.lpi.org/articles/p-in-lpi-what-it-means-be-open-source-professional>)
on this exact subject. But before someone can become a
professional in any field, they need to enter that field at the
very start, which is exactly where StartIT is aiming. Every
journey needs a first step.
It's quite correct that StartIT would probably do nothing for you or
your colleagues, you're already here with IT skills. But it could be
very valuable to a person who was recently made redundant by COVID, or
a teenager confused about what to do in their post-secondary-school life.
I hope this offers a better understanding of StartIT so you may
understand that it is indeed good for something, even if it's not
useful to you.
Cheers,
- Evan
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 04:37, Ottavio Caruso via lpi-examdev
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
https://wiki.lpi.org/pubwiki/index.php?title=StartIT_V1.0&diff=5542&oldid=5536#Introduction
<https://wiki.lpi.org/pubwiki/index.php?title=StartIT_V1.0&diff=5542&oldid=5536#Introduction>
"What is StartIT?
Linux Professional Institute StartIT provides candidates the
opportunity to obtain a fundamental knowledge about the most important
fields of information technology and enables them to make well-founded
decisions regarding their vocational education and future career. The
program contains comprehensive learning materials, a library of
additional references and resources as well as a final test concluding
in a digital badge issued upon passing the test."
Looks to me this is a wishy-washy good-for-nothing IT certification
that doesn't really help and it is questionable if it makes any money
for the LPI. I thought the "P" in LPI stood for Professional. I am
seeing a trend towards amateurish certifications that nobody really
needs and don't help in getting a job. But maybe it's just me being
negative and the LPI is getting it right all long.
Regards.
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Ottavio Caruso
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