> > 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 I passed the first LPI test years ago, I'm sure it's no longer valid.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 resume is littered with mostly worthless certifications save a few. Those few are the ones where I had to configure and troubleshoot from the command line of fully functional equipment in a lab. Nortel's version of a CCIE. If you want book knowledge to get you through an interview than that's all well, good and fine. But if you want really want to "dig back into Linux" might I suggest the following: Attend Linux Clinics and help other people solve problems. Participate in online forums such as PLUG and help other people solve problems. Whenever I interviewed people for jobs I always asked them so tell me about the most interesting hobby project you've done or tell me about your home computer / network setup. To that end, there's a great site that I use often that has hundreds of interesting tutorials for on the installation, configuration and administration of different OSs, virtual machines, servers, apps and services. http://librenix.com/admin/ As someone's email signature on the PLUG list reads. "Be appropriate, follow your curiosity". Cheers, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
