> Linux is very difficult to learn really well. True, CCIE lab equipment is > expensive, but I think it may take less time for some people to become a > CCIE than to get the kind of facility with Linux that the Linux-guru jobs > require.
I think a far bigger problem with choosing Linux as a financially stable career is something you just hit on the head right there - barriers to entry. Financially speaking, there are none. Anybody can just piece together a couple of old PC's and fire up Linux and start learning. And right now, there are literally tens of thousands of high school and college kids playing with Linux - and, I don't want to sound morbid, but they're going to be your job competition in a few years. Do you really have much to work with if you know Linux, but so does every college student graduating with a CS degree in the future (and they will)? Not to mention all those people in countries like China, India, and Russia who are short on cash but long on brains and tenacity? That therefore means that if you want to remain employable in the Linux space, you will always need to stay ahead of the Jones's, and the Jones's in this case are obsessed high-school nerds who think it's actually fun to code for 100 hours a week. Hey, if you have the brains and the tenacity to keep pace, then more power to you. Or, if you happen to like Linux (I gotta admit, it is pretty cool), then by all means. But if you're seeing Linux just as an opportunity to make money, then unless you possess Herculean fortitude, I think you'll be disappointed. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66732&t=66669 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
