[PLUG] Linux certifications
Rich Burroughs
rich at richburroughs.com
Wed Mar 7 06:06:33 UTC 2012
Hi Chris,
Thanks, I appreciate it.
I remember that the LPI test I took did make me refresh myself on some
things I'd forgotten. There was a big focus on text processing which wasn't
exactly my strong suit, I did actually learn a few things studying it.
I don't expect a certification is going to get me a job. I've been working
with Linux/Unix for 15 years, my job experience is going to mean much more.
But I figure it can't hurt, and I thought I might get a bit of a refresher.
I will check out that link.
Rich
On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, chris (fool) mccraw <gently at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:56, Rich Burroughs <rich at richburroughs.com>
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some of you may remember me, I used to be pretty active in the group
>> years ago :)
>>
>> I've been off in the Solaris world for the last few years but I'm
>> interested in working with Linux again more. I was thinking about
>> pursuing a certification and I wondered what recommendations people
>> have about that.
>>
>> I passed the first LPI test years ago, I'm sure it's no longer valid.
>> But back in the day it seemed like LPI or Redhat certification were
>> the main choices.
>>
>> I'd appreciate any feedback on this, but if all you have to say is
>> that certifications are worthless in general you can probably save
>> your breath :) Part of the idea is for me to dig back into Linux, and
>> I think it could be useful from that perspective, regardless of how it
>> might help with employment.
>
> My feeling is that the redhat certification is pretty useless as an
> educational experience. I was made to take the "pre-qualification"
> test (what they have online) for a job application (I wasn't
> challenged by it) and there were bugs in 2 of the questions (one with
> 2 correct answers and one with an answer that was clearly included by
> accident). When I tried to report the bugs to RH they were
> unable/unwilling to even direct my report to the right place, though
> they were happy to call me for months to try to sell me on paying them
> to take a test and get certified "for real".
>
> Whether it's useful on a resume or not I couldn't say. As an
> occasional hiring manager, I'm far more interested in what you know
> than what pieces of paper you have (or, what you got out of achieving
> the certification *other than the piece of paper*). I guess the
> useful information I can say is go check out the test they have online
> (https://www.redhat.com/wapps/assessment/tx/begin?asmt=sysadmin) and
> see what you're missing (i learned that i hadn't used their new
> partitioner, so i went and spun up a VM and did a few test installs
> and then went back and aced the only part i hadn't the first time
> through).
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