On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Anselm Lingnau < [email protected]> wrote:
> > I've professionally found it's best to "educate" prospective > > employers, peers and others on the value of LPI and the LPI Certified > > (LPIC) program instead, including what the different levels cover. I > > don't try to define LPI in terms of Red Hat, that never does well. I > > define LPI in terms of its uniqueness in the industry. > > I agree with Bryan here. Chances are that if an employer specifically asks > for > somebody who is certified to RHCA level, they are looking for someone with > specific and extensive knowledge of the Red Hat approach to things. This is > something that LPI, as a vendor-independent organisation, cannot and will > not > deliver. > > If an employer asks for RHCA because that is the only advanced Linux > certification they know, that is a different problem, but as Bryan suggests > this cannot be solved by defining LPIC-3 (or whatever) in terms of RHCA. It > may well be the case that an LPIC-3 alumnus might be much closer to what > the > employer actually requires, but that can only be ascertained by educating > that > employer about LPI(C) and how it works. > > I haven't been in the situation to be asked about an RHCA but I think it would be of real value if LPI would also have an "top" level certification. Of course this is my opinion. Also it would also be a financially better alternative than to the costs of RedHat exams. I understand Brian's point that it is a big effort on RH's side to provide hands on exams, I see their value (and I paid for one of those) but also at least for me it is really expensive to follow that path(personally pay this) and I also found it over the time difficult in convincing employers to spend so much on training( and I have the feeling this is more common in Europe than US) . -- Alexandru Ionica , LPI 301,302,303,304 , RHCE :)
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