Hi People, Time for the Naligator to surf right in. RHCEs ; Naresh Narang; Peejay... read on...
RHCEs-- scroll down to read my comments on job prospects with RHCE- and if you want, drop me a personal (unicast) mail to my email ID nsnsns(at)gmail(dot)com with your resumes/comments/queries. @Naresh Narang > >Excuse my ignorance but what does being an RHCE or XYZ tell me? :-) > RHCE Exam = Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam = A Certification exam for Linux proficiency conducted by Red Hat-- which is a major linux vendor. @PJ ; [email protected] :On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, PJ < [email protected]> wrote: > The RHCEs are based on good exams AFAICS. What surprises me is > why the people who pass them often aren't as capable as the > certification would suggest. > > I've never really understood why that is. What's going on there? > Comments? > I believe it's because SysAdmins tend to be less mobile than programmers, apart from the best SysAdmins having the techie mindset of wanting to dig deeper and deeper--- while the not so good SysAdmins tend to look outwards, hop to higher and higher paying jobs and select juniors also who are either mobile OR who are deep into tech--- but in India it doesnt often happen that someone is both good at job and also career hoppingly mobile and well networked (socially). So I think the upshot it is:- (at the risk of repeating myself) (1) that many SysAdmins who are good-- technically oriented; hands-on; and who understand the deeper stuff tend to stick to their position-- not change jobs-- even if their superiors are non-appreciative and the organization is not giving them challenging work. (2) there are a limited cross section of Sys-Admins that actually hop jobs, get into important positions-- and only a very small fraction of them are good. @RHCE SysAdmins: Firstly, with programmers-- because programming can be a make-or-break survival factor-- many companies have tossed away the Indian beaureaucratic mindset-- and instead actively chase the best programmers through consultants, pay packages etc. With sysadmins, you guys need to get a handle on: (1) what a company's IT goals are; (2) what the approach and background of your manager/superior/organization's management are (3) what are your own career plans and willingness to be flexible; goal oriented and team oriented. I cant generalize much on (1) and (2) above in a public forum-- but on (3) my views are as below:-- (a) Do you want a stable average paying position even if you want tech compromises ? (b) Do you have willingness to put your organization/teams goals higher than the natural human desire to be the "one with power to step down and say no.."-- OR are you someone who believes in "entitlement"-- that your position automatically gives you the power to play the beaureaucrat-- no matter how much it hurts the company. --> above is a description of a worst case scenario--- but the fact is that this is what many IT managers fear-- that a novice sysadmin might put his own power to say no higher than the organizational, departmental OR team goals. (c) Can you rise beyond peer pressure and try to see the larger role of your position and your organization in IT industry ? -- even as a ambitious fresher-- in India one often stops being the independant minded professional--- and gets into a addictive habit of gossiping and digging around to find out how your peers earn more by being less helpful and working fewer hours... instead one needs to think in terms of how can I add maximum value. One needs to think: "my company may not be around 5 years from now; even Microsoft and Google may not be around-- but I will be around even 20 years from now, and a master at my job"--- and one must have a burning desire to learn-- and lay a foundation for one's position-- 20 years from today-- and that's the way to get to the top. I hope that helps. Mails, unicast responses, comments and criticisms all welcome... Am happy to hear from you... Regards, Nalin Savara CEO and Technical Director DS Tech _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
