On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Jon Biddell wrote:
[...Must Consult Someone Experienced tale of woe deleted...]
> The point is, are these certification courses really worth it ? Both in
> terms of money spend (I believe some of the linux ones are bloody
> expensive), but in terms of industry recodnition ? The CISCO ones
> certainly are comprehensive (my boss is sending me for my CCNA this
> year, and allowing me to upgrade to a CCIE at the company's expense
The MCSE is the laughing stock of the IT world - the only people who
insist on it are certified Microsoft shops - everyone else is happy if you
know enough of troubleshooting.
The Csico courses are, IMHO, definitely worth it - the CCNA you can get by
reading a good book {just}, the CCNP you haven't got a hope {you've got to
have hands on experience}, and the CCIE - forget it. If you haven't lived,
beathed and eaten Cisco for 18 months, don't even try.
It's up to us, in a way, to ensure that Linux certifications don't fall
into the same class as the MCSE - by refusing to deal with any one of them
which gets to a similar point - in other words, anyone which you can pass
by just lobbing in off the street, doing the training, reading the books
and taking the exam - without the benefit of any experience at all.
How are we going to make that happen? Good question. Anyone from RedHat
listening?
DAZZa
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