[ale] OT but IT related question regarding certifications

[Greg Freemyer]

I have the RHCE.  I thought it was a great test (100% practical), but
I would have not passed if I had not just taken the boot camp.

I don't think any of the individual problems/tasks were that
incredibly hard, but the time to get it all done was really tight.

iirc, we had close to 8 hrs for the test and only one person finished
more than a few minutes early (besides the guy that left because he
didn't know how to ftp stuff down from the test server to his test
workstation).

fyi: when I took it, redhat was giving away a few training classes to
select users.  I think they still do that from time to time, so its
worth calling to see if they are sponsoring any training currently.
In my case it was because I was working with a reseller that bought
product from Arrow (iirc).

Greg

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:
> Van Loggins wrote:
>> I'm currently unemployed and looking into getting some new
>> certifications to help me get a new job.
>>
>> I currently only have CompTIA A+ certification.
>>
>> I was thinking about getting CompTIA Linux+ or CompTIA Network+
>> certifications.
>>
>> Are these worth getting or would there be a better certification for me
>> to get.
>>
>> I don't have a lot of money to work with as my unemployment check only
>> goes so far so I want to make sure whatever I get is worth getting and
>> will help me get a new job soon.
>>
>>
> Well,  it all depends on the person who views the certification.  There
> is CompTIA Linux+ as well as LPI Level 1.  http://www.lpi.org/
>
> Both IIRC require two tests and both are full of minutia.  I have both a
> CompTIA Linux+ and an LPI Level 2 cert.  Most have heard of CompTIA,
> most have not heard of LPI.  My last large employer recognized an LPI-2
> being equal to that of MCSE or RHCE.  Which it is, but in Canada, you
> can't say you are an engineer with out the correct educational
> background (think of bridge building or dam construction):  Since LPI is
> centered in Canada, they avoided that term.
>
> Both the LPI-1 and Linux+ will show you have a basic understanding of
> Linux, commands, and administration.  Only holding the LPI-1 will
> prepare you for taking the LPI-2.  OTOH, most have no heard of LPI and
> everybody as heard of Linux+.  In either case, you will take two tests
> that covers hardware on one and administration on the other.  They are
> full of minutia, I mean just full of it.  RPM switches, fuser, lsof,
> netstat, etc etc.
>
> If it was me, I think I would by pass the compTIA and go for the LPI,
> but when I did the compTIA, there was no LPI.
>
> It would be interesting to hear opinions of those people who review resumes.
>
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> Damon L. Chesser
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> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
>
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