[ale] LPIC-2 or equivalent worth it?

[Matthew]

Only cert I have never used was the Novell cna.  Lol. Got that in
highschool.
On Feb 26, 2013 9:51 PM, "Damon L. Chesser" <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> On 02/26/2013 08:29 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
>
>>
>> any of you have your LPIC-2 (or 3) or equivalent level Linux certs? any
>> of the Novell or Oracle ones fun?
>>
>> if so, was it worth pursuing? the LPIC-1 was a joke but from what I've
>> heard of 2 and 3, it's a lot more kernel hacking than admin stuff. tho the
>> one guy I know with 3 is a Debian maintainer :-P
>>
>> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.
>>
>>
> Yes, it is worth it.  Standard is RHCE, but an LPI-2 ~ RHCE and I have
> gotten more then one gig because I had an LPI-2 ("it shows you are
> interested and it is not a hobby for you" < a person who hired me ).
>
> What you are asking is, is it worth investing my time and money into ~$300
> to earn $X more, every year?  Sure.  Make that ~$800 for an RHCE and the
> answer is still yes, that is, at least if you want to make a living out of
> it.
>
> Of course, if you have the pedigree or the education, you don't need it,
> but then you are being compared with others with your back ground and
> education, and it is one more thing.
>
> As to people who don't live in the real world, we need something to be
> judged by and most employers don't have the skill set to adequately  test
> our skills or even to determine if we are using the correct words. Do we
> like Certs?  No.  Will they get you a job, if you can tie your shoes and
> try hard not to drool when you talk.  As for it being MS centric, no idea,
> always been there for me.  If you feel real motivated LPI-3 WILL open
> doors, that is ~ RHCSA and being a maintainer is not a sure thing, but
> rather understanding how the technology works (LDAP integration, single
> system sign on, etc).
>
> Any way, my two cents worth.  The only Cert I never really used is my VCP.
>  Go figure.
>
>>
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