[Gllug] Linux Certification Opinions or facts please?

[Alexandre de Abreu]

Hi,

Take RHCE, if you can buy the training it becomes easier to learn and
to pass, but as mentioned before, if you have experience you can use
RedHat online documentation in order to pass(as I did).

Cheers

Alexandre

On 22/10/2007, kerneljack <kerneljack at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was hoping you guys could help me understand what someone who has
> some linux/unix administration experience but does a completely
> different day job should do to get into a sysadmin type profession?
>
> I thought I might start by doing some certs, so I have passed LPI
> level 1 certification, but should I continue on to level 2 or not?
> This thread has made me think that may be RHCE is a better route to
> take?
>
> Just to let you know my experience, I have setup apache/mysql,
> mailservers with postfix, cvs servers, some bind and ntp, and I've
> done this on linux (debian, some redhat), some openbsd and a lot of
> osx server. I have also written bash/perl/python scripts for things
> like backup, etc. i have done these things in a commercial environment
> but not on a daily basis.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> On 10/21/07, James Roberts <jr at stabilys.com> wrote:
> > Ryan Cartwright wrote:
> >
> > > Just FYI we have a training budget assigned to each staff member and I
> > > regularly ask my team if there are courses etc. they want to go on.
> > > Normally they say no. Recently they suggested we use some of the money
> > > to buy a Safari[1] subscription for the team, which we did and that has
> > > gone down a treat. I use it too :o)
> >
> > My best techs tend to be too hands-on to read. I do the reading :)
> >
> > In fact, my best techs want management training - which I find worrying!
> >
> > > So from an employer's POV - if someone had LPI I would consider it a
> > > bonus above someone without but only if both had similar experience
> > > levels.
> >
> > That's what I was looking for, thanks.
> >
> > I have had a good look at LPI and it covers a whole lot of areas that I
> > don't know at all well. So I am coming to the view that it is an
> > excellent indication of breadth of knowledge. There is very little,
> > however, that demonstrates understanding in depth.
> >
> > So I think I will use it for the first aspect.
> >
> > MeJ
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