[YLUG] Re:Test/Certification centre reccomendations ?

[Simon Ward]

Robert Hulme wrote:
>>    Personally, I have serious doubts about the value of Linux
>> certification (or certification of any sort, if it comes to that)
> Can be good for getting a job though.
   This applies to MCSE and friends, certainly - since my aforementioned 
colleague got the four magic letters he's been having to beat the slave 
traders off with a big stick.

   Personally, when I'm interviewing job candidates (which seems to 
happen with depressing regularity due to the McDonalds-like turnover 
where I work) I'm more interested in their ability to solve problems 
than what pieces of paper they have.

   Everybody seems to have jumped on the certification bandwagon (who 
wants or needs a PHP certification, ferchrissakes?!) and as a result the 
whole thing has been devalued - MCSE and CCNA appear to be the two 
exceptions to the rule, but given the companies responsible for their 
administration etc. that's hardly surprising.

   Maybe I'm getting cynical in my old age.

Simon