Hello, I have some thoughts about LPI's "recertification policy" that I'd like to share with you.
As a professional certified in other technologies as well (Solaris and Java), I strongly believe that LPI is in the wrong side of the road. It seems that forcing people to take periodical exams just to keep their degrees isn't logical. Well, at least to me. I am not entirely against recertification, and I agree that professionals must keep their skills in shape and up to date. LPI should forget this aberration and take another aproach. Every 2 or 3 years, the Institute should prepare a new exam and append a version to the title, or even the 4 digits of the year in which the exam was built. Example: LPIC-1/2007. This way makes both parties happy: professionals keep their degrees and LPI can cleanly and safely state that contractors shouldn't hire professionals holding older certifications. Best regards, Marcus. On 4/30/07, Edward L. Haletky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Everyone, I have looked into exams that have a 3 year recertification track and in most cases they look more like a way to make money and not a benefit to the professional. However, I think having levels of certification is worthwhile based on the exam taken and technology presented. Perhaps more qualification on the level of certification.... LPIC-X for Kernels < 2.6and one for 2.6 or any other major new technology. No Certification should expire but it may be wise to offer recertification as newer technologies come out. Yet never expire, just qualify the level of certification. For example, a RHCE for up to RHEL3 is very different than one for up to RHEL5. Yet both are valid certification levels to have. Best regards, Edward Alexandre de Abreu wrote: > Hi all, > > I believe most of us(cert takers) will not be interested in > re-certification, this is my opinion. > > When an employer asks if you are certified, you only have to show them > a piece of paper or a link to the cert website, in this case LPI(is > this working now?). I've been participating on some selection > processes, none of them required any documents to prove I am > certified. But I can imagine how embarrassing can be a situation when > someone lies about that. > > I know that this can lead to another discussion: cert takers are not > interested only in better jobs, but in knowledge, challenges, other? > > I think the certification proves you knew the topics at least in a > certain period of time(when you did the exam) and you may still > holding the knowledge, depending on your current interests, career, > etc. This may not be the perfect thinking for a company that wants > people getting certified paying for it, but I believe the majority of > takers will not agree with re-certifying. > > Any facts/numbers about IT professionals that are re-certified? > > Alexandre > GCUX, RHCE, LPIC-2 > > On 30 Apr 2007 17:21:04 -0400, G. Matthew Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Currently the recertification policy requires passing a higher level >> certification or re-passing your current certification. >> >> With LPIC-3 being the pinnacle for this certification programme, >> I'm suggesting that a "professional" recertification policy should be >> consider as an alternative option to retaking of the exams. NOTE: >> Candidates >> would still have the option of just retaking the exams. >> >> This professional recertification policy would be similar to the >> policies >> employed by other neutral (non-vendor controlled) licensing and >> certification >> bodies such as professional engineering groups, the (ISC)2 (creators >> of the >> CISSP certification programme) and the PMI (Project Management >> Institute and >> creators of the PMP certification programme). >> >> Typically, these programmes look at professional experience, continuing >> education credits and community participation (writing, participation in >> applicable mailing lists, mentoring, etc) as a basis for renewing the >> candidates certification. In the case of the CISSP and PMP >> certifications, >> this is done on a 3 year cycle and has a cost of XXX ($125/renewal, I >> think). >> >> Any opinions on this concept? >> >> Regards, >> -- >> g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix care, toronto, >> ontario, ca >> phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: >> EF9AAD20 >> http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & >> products >> _______________________________________________ >> lpi-examdev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev >> > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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