[Gllug] Linux Certification Opinions or facts please?

[kerneljack]

Thanks for all your replies. I hope sysadmin work is not as scary as
John describes :-)

I have worked at an IT helpdesk in the past and in general it was
quite pleasant; just the odd rude user would pop in once in a while. I
genuinely enjoyed helping people and fixing all their problems. Even
where I am right now, I am always the guy who is called upon to fix
computer / network problems.

I am thinking about the RHCE, it seems like a more hands-on exam,
which will be much nicer than all those fill-in-the blank type
questions I got with LPI.

On 10/22/07, Alexandre de Abreu <alexandre.abreu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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