On the subject of certs in general... I'm an IT Director and when it comes to hiring, I prefer people who can demonstrate experience 10-fold over certifications. Of course, if you're looking to get hired by non-technical people, a certification will get you in the door a lot easier. Food for thought.
-----Original Message----- From: Todd A. Jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 8:24 PM To: Reno Linux Users Group Subject: [RLUG] Certs On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Mark C Ballew wrote: > There are some cheaper certs for Linux out there (Linux+ comes to > mind), as the Redhat one is rather expensive/hard to get from what I > understand. LPI offers the most unbiased cert, IMHO. The RHCE probably has the most cachet, though, since it's the most recognizable distro to suits and (most) hiring managers. SAIR makes money by selling classes and training materials for its cert, which appears to be a conflict of interest because (unlike Red Hat) they don't claim to be a vendor certification, and so shouldn't have any "special knowledge" to sell. All of the certs have their own problems. Warts and all, though, I'd recommend LPI for general Linux certification, and Red Hat for a distro cert. And yes, I'm a little prejudiced on the subject, since I have the LPI cert myself. :) -- "Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again." - Unknown _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
