Consider Microsoft MCSE certification. You can download windows from gnutella, and half the books too. The rest of the books you can get at the local book store. If you practice enough, you can pass the tests without any classes. I got a CNE and MCSE this way, plus I had been working with the products long before I went for the certification. Whatever you do don't spend any money on the classes - just retake the tests. But if your going to aim for programming, these certifications are worthless. MCSE certification is the most popular. If you're a linux only guy, I'm not sure there are any certifications that have any value.
Being Linux only doesn't help much for companies, only ISP's, and believe it or not most of them are BSD (close enough though). You will have the best chance if you know BOTH windows and linux/BSD. You can use Vmware to run both on the same PC. Programmers usually are able to work from home more often than admin's (MCSE / CNEs). Admins are expected to physically go to the computers that need work, this could pose a challenge. Another idea is the say "I'm healing from a bad car accident", which will get you in the door. The business world is a jungle, and so long as you can get the job done, do not hesitate to lie (about your physical condition), otherwise some other liar will take your job opportunity from you. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: chat-admin at freenetproject.org [mailto:chat-ad...@freenetproject.org] On Behalf Of krepta at juno.com Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:57 PM To: chat at freenetproject.org Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] self description On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:01:47 -0800 Don Marti <dmarti at zgp.org> writes: > begin Josh quotation of Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 02:19:05AM -0800: > > > You should apply for a job at a government IS department. They > have quotas > > to fill, and by hiring a "handicap" person they will do so, even > if they are > > less qualified. > > Large companies often have such policies too. (You can do a search > for companies that have been sued by previous employees.) > > The private sector is also more likely to have a flexible "work at > home" policy so you can work in bed or reclining. How would I find companies willing to make these accomodations for me? I've been searching for this telecommuting stuff for YEARS. Every single job search I do turns up companies who require knowledge or credentials I don't have. Or, they require that I do physical things that I can't do. I would LOVE to have a job working from home, with a computer. Even if I have to work 12 hours straight some times on computer code, it's a heck of a lot better than my current situation! > > Walk in with some kind of certification you can get from Web-based > training, and you've probably got a pretty good chance. > > I know people who do corporate jobs and only go in to work every > week or two. Well, I am getting education at High Tech Institute. I am hopeing that opens some doors. :) I start school soon. :) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
