Hi,
One of my friend is completed RHCE and he as
> knowledge on C,C++. He don`t What filed to choose
>
> 1. whether he want choose Linux sys admin or
> Programming side
>
> Kindly help me out.... with ur suggestion
>
If your friend had decided, gone ahead and completed RHCE and
assuming that he passed the examination, I do not understand
the reason why he must think about switching to programming
as his career.
If he's still clueless about what he wants to do with his career, I
think he needs to spend more time in learning and focussing on
his immediate career goal. In a competitive market these days,
it just not enough to have "knowledge" on C/C++ to become a
programmer (unless he's a campus recruit of course).
Here are a couple of suggestions from my side:
First, ask your friend if he really likes programming more than
performing system administration tasks in the long run.
If he does "like" programming, then ask him if he can solve
logical problems efficiently - he will need to try this himself
(like trying to write a simple command/application on Linux
all by himself with his knowledge on C/C++).
If he's comfortable writing simple yet practically useful
programs and applications in C/C++ all by himself, he must
try reading the source code of any one application/program
from the several thousands bundled with Linux and try
to understand how they work and see if he can improvize them
or fix any pending issues/bugs. Its a long journey to begin
with - but its worth it.
If he feels competent enough to handle all of the above at ease,
he can take up programming as his career. But if he feels that
he can do better administering systems than writing code all
the time, he is better off sticking to administration. He can start
to explore in-depth administration concepts (Mail server
administration, Web administration (Apache httpd/tomcat, etc.),
Database administration (using MariaDB/MySQL/PostgreSQL)
and so on.
>From the long term career perspective - whether he becomes
an administrator or a developer - as long as he is skilled and
dedicated, the prospects are equally good.
To put it in simple words - ask your friend to sit and give it a
thought on "what really interests him" and focus on what his
interests are and trying to accomplish enough skills and
knowledge in that area.
Also, tell him NOT to go by "market trends" and "peer pressure"
in choosing his career.
Cheers,
Chandrashekar.
--
Chandrashekar Babu.,
http://www.chandrashekar.info/
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