[Gllug] Certification

[George F. Saxby]

Hi,
 Certs are good for covering bare walls <BG> the thing I have against certs 
is they require an exam . No great shakes but "they" tell you is you passed 
and you know 86% of the subject. Nice, I know what I know,  what I would 
REALLY like to know is what I do not know THAT is going to be what get me 
tripped up in life.  I have yet to find an establishment  that trains / 
educates that gives you a cert &TELLS you what you are weak on and should 
look at to do better.



On Friday 14 September 2001 14:12, your missive said : -
 > First of all I'd like to say that this isn't a call to have people argue
 > over if certs have any relevance at all in the real world. We did that
 > some months back (Harry's fault!) and got no where.
 >
 > What I'm trying to find out is if anyone on list has done any of the Linux
 > based certs (Or even the more generic Unix ones to be honest) and what
 > they thought of them in terms of coverage and why they took the courses
 > that they did out of the available options.
 >
 > The reason that I'm asking is that the company i work for is a Microsoft
 > Solution provider/partner etc and we've been told that all tech staff need
 > at least an MCP and an MCSE would be better. Despite the fact my job here
 > is to look after Linux and HPUX boxes... While they are looking at
 > things like this I'd like to throw something like SAIR or LPI certs at
 > them and watch their response. Only problem is i don't know anyone whos
 > sat any of these... And thats where GLLUG comes in ;)
 >
 > 	Dean

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