On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 13:47 -0800, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:56, Rich Burroughs <r...@richburroughs.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Some of you may remember me, I used to be pretty active in the group > > years ago :) > > > > I've been off in the Solaris world for the last few years but I'm > > interested in working with Linux again more. I was thinking about > > pursuing a certification and I wondered what recommendations people > > have about that. > > > > I passed the first LPI test years ago, I'm sure it's no longer valid. > > But back in the day it seemed like LPI or Redhat certification were > > the main choices. > > > > I'd appreciate any feedback on this, but if all you have to say is > > that certifications are worthless in general you can probably save > > your breath :) Part of the idea is for me to dig back into Linux, and > > I think it could be useful from that perspective, regardless of how it > > might help with employment. > > My feeling is that the redhat certification is pretty useless as an > educational experience. I was made to take the "pre-qualification" > test (what they have online) for a job application
The Red Hat "pre-qual" tests bear very little resemblance to the actual Red Hat exams. The questions on the "pre-qual" tests are multiple choice and fairly simple for most Linux users with at least a little experience. (At the moment, the pre-qual tests are 404'ed, so that might be changing.) The questions on the actual Red Hat exams are lab-based, specifying what you might configure on a "live system". While the NDA prohibits describing specific tasks, the published objectives suggest that it's done with SELinux enabled in enforcing (or permissive) mode. Big difference. Here's a list of what you might do on the first two Red Hat exams: ref http://www.redhat.com/training/courses/ex200/examobjective http://www.redhat.com/training/courses/ex300/examobjective Thanks, Mike (yes, I did write this Red Hat cert book -- http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071765654 ) _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
