Great advice. thanks. Just had my moment of epiphany. The world of closed source is not for me.
On 17/12/2009, Gourav Shah <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just curious;not for-or-against certifications. >> >> What are options for a would be linux professional? >> >> One could scream around about his interests or skills but on what >> basis do you decide. >> >> > 1. Be passionate about your interests. If you are not, find something which > you are really really interested in. You need to love what you do, and if > you already do that, money, fame, jobs , increments will follow. Your > passion will show up to your prospective employer while they interview you > and also later with your deliverables . This not only applies for if you > want to be a Linux Professional, but in general. > > 2. If you CHOOSE to be a Linux Professional based on your interests and > passion, welcome to the great and open world of opportunities and land of > self learning and collaboration. Start reading documents, get the books > which give you introduction and insight on the technologies you are > interested in. There is wide range of resources freely available. > > 3. Play around with your system. Try installing various distros, learning > tools, utilities, applications, doing cool things with your system. GPL'ed > software gives you the power to use it, learn it, play around with it, > modify however you want and also share the cool stuff with your friends. > > 4. And here is the best part. FOSS is all about collaboration. Choose a open > source project of your interest, start learning about it, test it and start > contributing if you like. There is no one who will stop you from doing it, > and you dont need to be in a job to do this. You will get to interact with > the people from all over the world who have years of experience and > expertise on the technologies of your interest. You would benefit > tremendously and improve on your technical skill just hanging around with > the experts. Also you'll get to see how different people approach the same > problem, different styles of working, coding styles etc. You can pick and > choose whatever you like and evolve as you go. > > 5. Be on the mailing lists, irc channels, attend events, interact with > people. Get visibility while you do so. One's who are contributing well, and > are smart enough get recommended and do not even need to do certifications > etc. > > > If you do all this, I can personally guarantee you that you will end up with > good work and also enough money. You may also get lucky and find a mentor > who could personally guide you in the right direction. > > > > I clearly see two groups here, one is the experienced professionals, most of > whom are recruiters as well, who have interviewed the certified > professionals and are really unhappy with the quality and have lost the > trust on the certifications. Second group is the freshers who think if > they do certifications , they have better chance at getting jobs. > > In crux, for the second group, Certifications may give you better chances of > landing up with a job as a fresher than not having one. But that will > happen only if you have passion for your work, and have taken efforts to > learn things on your own while doing the certifications and if you are > thorough with it. If you believe you will mug for a few days, pass the > certification exams successfully , and suddenly will be preferred for a job, > think again. Certification or no certification, your knowledge, passion and > soft skills is what will get you a job. This is what your prospective > employers will look in you. My personal advise is, if you choose to do a > certification, its a good thing, but you should spend time and efforts > learning what you will. Its the journey that will matter not the destination > alone. > > > Thanks > Gourav > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Sent from my mobile device --------------- Esse Quam Videri krisk.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
