[Gllug] Fedora 11 gets it wrong

[Alain Williams]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:59:56AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 09:55:46AM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 09:33:01AM +0100, Jose Luis Martinez wrote:
> > 
> > > > Whaaaat ? To be trained by some company you have to sign an NDA !!!!
> > > > What sort of company/training was it ?
> > > > Does this mean that you can't put the certificate on your CV ?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > You can put the certificate in your CV of course, you can't talk about
> > > the training in general terms.
> > > 
> > > All companies certainly forbid you (RH included) to divulge the
> > > questions in the exam, which makes sense of course.
> > 
> > That is quite reasonable, but from what I understood from the OP he was not
> > allowed to say that he had been on a training course with the company,
> > it is that that I find astounding.
> 
> You can certainly say you've taken the exam (would there be any point
> to the certification otherwise??).  The NDA is, as Jose said, to
> ensure you don't publish the questions, so that everyone who takes the
> exam starts from the same level.
> 
> It's reputed to be a very hard exam.  So hard I've never dared to take
> it :-)
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/

Actually: not that hard if you know your stuff. It distinguishes those who
have actually done things from those who have just read about it in books.
I think that it is a good exam.

Disclaimer: I used to be a RHCE examiner.

-- 
Alain Williams
Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer.
+44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php
Past chairman of UKUUG: http://www.ukuug.org/
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug