i can tell you that not a single one of my customers has ever asked 
about certification of any kind, and i'll bet the vast majority have 
never even heard of LPI.  i've certainly never lost a job because we 
lacked a cert.  just a data point for you.

jason

> I may be interested, but the question I have to ask is: Does anyone
> care if I have an LPI certification.  And by anyone I mean the
> business/hiring world, not the world in general.  I pretty sure the
> world as a whole does not care what certifications I may have
> achieved.
>
> Or put another way, Is the LPI certification respected by the IT
> community as a whole?  How many job descriptions require it?  How
> many employers really even know what it is?
>
> Why should I spend my time, energy and money chasing a certification
> that may not advance my career?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
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