[Wolves] LPI Certficiation

[John Alexander]

Yeah the call in the Market is mostly for the RHCE, yes you do need to recert and the rules tend to change I did mine in 2010and now I need to recert for RHEL7. I did the course in India which is much cheaper at least at the time but now the difference is less and you can argue the toss on the prices here if you are persistent. 
Recertification is just a matter of redoing the exams which are £400 rather than the usual first time price of £600.
The RHCE is a much better test of  Linux in general and RHEL skills in particular although yes it is biased at getting a RHEL system up and working.
I may pay the extra and go to  India again to do the exam as the change of location means you are focused at passing the exam not doing other stuff !
John A
       From: Ron Wellsted <ron at wellsted.org.uk>
 To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
 Sent: Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 8:34
 Subject: Re: [Wolves] LPI Certficiation
   
On 18/05/15 15:15, Simon Burke wrote:


> Afternoon everyone,
> 
> To not only try to stimulate some conversation, but because work wants
> me to look into it.
> 
> What are peoples opinions on the LPI Certifications?
> 
> My understanding is that they are at the same level as the Comptia stuff
> (i.e. you know how to turn stuff on and do the essential bits), and that
> it's not really worth it. The other popular opinion I've came across is
> to "just get a RHCE instead".  The latter of which is a little cost
> prohibitive, especially if you are self funding yourself through the
> courses, exams etc.
> Looking at the content, I don’t think there is much in the Level 1
> course that isn’t going to be know by someone who's used Linux for a
> period of time.
> 
> Plus I've never seen anywhere that has this as a requirement or even
> acknowledge it's existence. So how it's seen in the real world is
> another question itself.
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon.
I took the 101 exam in the early days, but never progressed beyond that
to a full certification.  The preparation for the exam did result in me
learning a few things I had not come across before.  I also recall that
you had to choose a Debian or Red Hat path (.deb/apt or .rpm).

I have not looked at this recently but I believe the RHCE qualification
has a limited life and needs to be refreshed regularly where as the LPI
certification is permanent.

-- 
Ron Wellsted
ron at wellsted.org.uk http://www.wellsted.org.uk
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