In the enterprises I have worked in, LPI has never been asked for. RHCE has been the only Linux OS cert which I have seen on a Job Spec sheet.
On 14 December 2010 12:47, Gavin Henry <ghe...@suretecsystems.com> wrote: > Exactly. In our world the LPI makes sense, but sometimes the commercial > world wants the brand. Is do LPI for staff and a couple of RHCE for the > sales and marketing reasons. > > Gav. > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Gavin Henry. > Managing Director. > > T +44 (0) 1224 279484 > M +44 (0) 7930 323266 > F +44 (0) 1224 824887 > E ghe...@suretecsystems.com > > Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). > > http://www.suretecsystems.com/ > > Suretec Systems is a limited company registered in Scotland. Registered > number: SC258005. Registered office: 24 Cormack Park, Rothienorman, > Inverurie, > Aberdeenshire, AB51 8GL. > > Subject to disclaimer at http://www.suretecgroup.com/disclaimer.html > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Andrew Back" <a...@smokebelch.org> > Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 11:58 > Subject: [Scottish] RHCE > To: "ScotLUG" <scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > On (16:28 12/12/10), Julian Gibson wrote: > > All > > > > I'm thinking of doing the RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) exam as part > > of a process to get a job where I spend less of my time using MS and > > more on what I've been using at home for over 10 years. > > Anyone got any hints, tips, war stories, gotchas, whatever from having > > done this or considered and rejected the idea that they'd be willing to > > share? > > I realise that this is not what you asked, however... I decided to do an > LPI > cert rather than RH or Novell, for the simple reason that it didn't seem to > make sense as an open source advocate to go and do a vendor certification. > Most, if not all vendors can't help but try and lock you in, and I wasn't > interested in learning about a particular vendor's Linux "value add" > proposition and the associated proprietary bits. I mean I'm sure they teach > you a bunch of transferable skills, but why bother if there is a largely > distro agnostic alternative? (that may be much cheaper too) > > That said I appreciate that we do live in a world where $SHINY wins-out and > marketing hyperbole counts for something, sadly. So, it may be that you'd > get more mileage out of a vendor cert. It'll almost certainly make dealings > with the mind brokers less painful, as they're programmed to respond to > brands and product names and prefer not to concern themselves with > precisely > what is is that their stock in trade actually does. > > Cheers, > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Back > a...@smokebelch.org > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish > _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish