Hi Alexandru, unfortunately, I can't share any exact numbers here, but for sure we would wish more people re-certify themselves. You're absolutely right, re-certification takes a lot of time, and just retaking an exam one already passed might not be the most valuable way to spent time. This brings us to the question which additional benefit candidates could get from re-certification and which alternative approaches could exist to provide re-certification in a more attractive way. This is especially important from the perspective of candidates who are in a job and have no immediate need for a renewal of their certs. Again, we appreciate any ideas and thoughts on this!
Regards, Fabian On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Alexandru Ionica < alexandru.ion...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I would be curios to see some stats regarding the percentage of > certification owners who re-certify. > With so many vendors and certifications, unless you hold certifications > from only one of them, then it becomes highly improbable that one has the > time to re-certify. > > Regards. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Fabian Thorns <ftho...@lpi.org> wrote: > >> Hey Marcel, >> >> you mention an interesting and important topic. Re-Certification is >> something we are thinking a lot about these days. A combined 101+102 exam >> with all their objectives would however not help here since it would be the >> same amount of work for preparation. To encourage people to re-certify we >> should think about ways that make people extend their knowledge and >> professional skills instead of just repeating what they've already done. >> Ideas and suggestions are highly welcome :-) >> >> Fabian >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Marcel Henselin <mar...@henselin.de> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey guys >>> >>> Long time that I sent a reply but now I have to. >>> >>> For returning candidates it is an absolutely pain in the a situation >>> that when your level 2 expires one has to do all four exams again. >>> >>> I totally agree that over the time topics and techniques change. >>> >>> But nevertheless there should be a kind of 101/102 returning exam. >>> >>> Greetings >>> Marcel >>> >>> Von meinem Sony Xperia™-Smartphone gesendet >>> >>> >>> ---- Fabian Thorns schrieb ---- >>> >>> >>> We could just let people take 102+102 in one sitting, but it could get >>> complicated to grant them more than 90 minutes, at least in an exam lab at >>> events. Despite that, there are people doing exactly that, but I wouldn't >>> recommend it in general. There should be no time preasure in the exams. >>> >>> And yes, such a 103 would cause more confusion than it helps. >>> >>> Fabian >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:38 AM, G. Matthew Rice <m...@starnix.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Fabian Thorns <ftho...@lpi.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> right now we only offer two exams, 101and 102 to get the LPIC-1 cert. >>>>> There are however no constraint when one can take them, so nothing >>>>> prevents >>>>> a candidate from just doing them. At events we see people doing their >>>>> whole >>>>> LPIC-1 in one day, the same could be done in the test centers. Given >>>>> to the current amount of knowledge tested in LPIC-1 I guess most >>>>> candidates >>>>> prefer the split into two exams so even when they do them in one strike >>>>> they can have a short break. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Someone did mention this very idea at Scale. I don't see any reason to >>>> not offer a "103" (ie. 101+102 in one sitting). The only problem would be >>>> potential confusion for people. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> --matt >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> G. Matthew Rice <m...@starnix.com> gpg id: >>>> 0x17CF9077 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> lpi-discuss mailing list >>>> lpi-discuss@lpi.org >>>> http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> lpi-discuss mailing list >>> lpi-discuss@lpi.org >>> http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lpi-discuss mailing list >> lpi-discuss@lpi.org >> http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > lpi-discuss@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >
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