Re: [Scottish] RHCE

2010-12-14 Thread Andrew Back
On (16:28 12/12/10), Julian Gibson wrote: All I'm thinking of doing the RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) exam as part of a process to get a job where I spend less of my time using MS and more on what I've been using at home for over 10 years. Anyone got any hints, tips, war stories,

Re: [Scottish] RHCE

2010-12-14 Thread Gavin Henry
Exactly. In our world the LPI makes sense, but sometimes the commercial world wants the brand. Is do LPI for staff and a couple of RHCE for the sales and marketing reasons. Gav. -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry. Managing Director. T +44 (0) 1224 279484 M +44 (0) 7930 323266 F +44 (0) 1224

Re: [Scottish] RHCE

2010-12-14 Thread Andrew Calverley
In the enterprises I have worked in, LPI has never been asked for. RHCE has been the only Linux OS cert which I have seen on a Job Spec sheet. On 14 December 2010 12:47, Gavin Henry ghe...@suretecsystems.com wrote: Exactly. In our world the LPI makes sense, but sometimes the commercial world

Re: [Scottish] RHCE

2010-12-14 Thread Dan Shearer
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:59:01PM +, Andrew Calverley wrote: In the enterprises I have worked in, LPI has never been asked for. RHCE has been the only Linux OS cert which I have seen on a Job Spec sheet. I've never yet had a problem when stating that people I'm bringing into companies are

Re: [Scottish] RHCE

2010-12-14 Thread Andrew Calverley
Problem is Dan that in most large enterprise operations (third party contracting etc) CV's are purged before they hit the folks who know anything about the post. I have often asked for the complete set of applications but that is fairly rare. Often I have found that competent folks I know are