Hi Chris, Thanks, I appreciate it.
I remember that the LPI test I took did make me refresh myself on some things I'd forgotten. There was a big focus on text processing which wasn't exactly my strong suit, I did actually learn a few things studying it. I don't expect a certification is going to get me a job. I've been working with Linux/Unix for 15 years, my job experience is going to mean much more. But I figure it can't hurt, and I thought I might get a bit of a refresher. I will check out that link. Rich On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, chris (fool) mccraw <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:56, Rich Burroughs <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Some of you may remember me, I used to be pretty active in the group >> years ago :) >> >> I've been off in the Solaris world for the last few years but I'm >> interested in working with Linux again more. I was thinking about >> pursuing a certification and I wondered what recommendations people >> have about that. >> >> I passed the first LPI test years ago, I'm sure it's no longer valid. >> But back in the day it seemed like LPI or Redhat certification were >> the main choices. >> >> I'd appreciate any feedback on this, but if all you have to say is >> that certifications are worthless in general you can probably save >> your breath :) Part of the idea is for me to dig back into Linux, and >> I think it could be useful from that perspective, regardless of how it >> might help with employment. > > My feeling is that the redhat certification is pretty useless as an > educational experience. I was made to take the "pre-qualification" > test (what they have online) for a job application (I wasn't > challenged by it) and there were bugs in 2 of the questions (one with > 2 correct answers and one with an answer that was clearly included by > accident). When I tried to report the bugs to RH they were > unable/unwilling to even direct my report to the right place, though > they were happy to call me for months to try to sell me on paying them > to take a test and get certified "for real". > > Whether it's useful on a resume or not I couldn't say. As an > occasional hiring manager, I'm far more interested in what you know > than what pieces of paper you have (or, what you got out of achieving > the certification *other than the piece of paper*). I guess the > useful information I can say is go check out the test they have online > (https://www.redhat.com/wapps/assessment/tx/begin?asmt=sysadmin) and > see what you're missing (i learned that i hadn't used their new > partitioner, so i went and spun up a VM and did a few test installs > and then went back and aced the only part i hadn't the first time > through). > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
