I agree. The RHCE exam put enough pressure on you to simulate a real world troubleshooting event.
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/06 9:57 am >>> Phil, My personal experience has been that most vendors certification programs are either far too easy where you can make intelligent guesses to pass (multiple choice question types) or too broad in focus (jack of all trades, master of none..). The one exception has been the RHCE. The RHCE exam is completely hands-on and really requires practical OS experience and knowledge to pass. You can be fairly certain that someone with an RHCE knows how to set up, configure and most importantly troubleshoot and fix RHEL related issues. It is pretty expensive at $750 just to take the exam, so if you're paying for it yourself it would be best to know what you are jumping into prior to taking it. I do know a number of experienced Unix professionals that have failed it. Regards, Sam -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Certifications I'm sure this is a flamewar-inspiring topic, but that's not my goal. Are LPI/RHCE-type certifications worthwhile? I've asked a couple of folks and gotten lukewarm answers, although If you're not the one paying for them, they're more worthwhile seemed to be a common theme. Any/all answers welcome; if folks want to reply off-list, I'll summarize in a few days. Thanks, -- ...phsiii Phil Smith III Levanta, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 476-4511 (office) (703) 568-6662 (cell) Levanta. Get More Out of Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
