That's leaving aside the point of whether the certification means
anything anyway! :-)
Even my RHCE (remaining on topic), which is by far the most real-world
cert I have sat, does not test your skills beyond a good sysadmin level.
Adrian Mageanu wrote:
You have a point here and I am with you on this matter.
Certification is a tricky subject when you consider the questions that
have to be answered like:
Do you need certification or endorsement?
Is a partnership agreement with the vendor / developer / manufacturer
enough?
Is second level support acceptable?
When was the certification granted? Is it up to date?
Is the certification of the type needed?
How many types of certifications I need for my support (e.g. operating
system, database, network, etc)
And the list can go on.
As for Who provides the certification, start from the highest ultimate
authority and inch your way down to New Zealand. Stop when the overall
cost - money, time, availability, level of expertise, level of delegated
authority, local industry acceptance, etc - matches your expectations.
I have some experience with selection and qualification process,
including for support purposes, and I may be able to give you some more
hints.
Contact me off list if you need more thoughts on this as this definitely
goes OT now.
Adrian
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 15:04 +1300, Zane Gilmore wrote:
<snip>
In this case the certification is the problem. Who does the
certification?
What do they use as the criteria?
