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Article #181Re: Which Linux Certification?
From: Mark Addinall
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 18:12
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 18:12
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Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.computers.linux on Sun, 01 Dec 2002 17:03:41 +0800 > Mark Addinall <maddinall@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > >>I'm not saying they are bad. Just not much use. Certainly >>not worth thousands and thousands of dollars. This scam has >>been going on forever. I remember some mates of mine paying >>a royal bribe for a Computer Power course years ago. >>Same deal then "How terribly uninteresting". >> > > > Funny, I know several people who got quite good jobs via Computer > Power. Or Control Data as it was then. > > I think the RH cert is probably useful to go from phone droid to > sysadmin, but I agree that most certs are not much use, and they > certainly won't get you the interview on their own. > > Nor will a degree or a TAFE course, A degree is a good start. Quite possibly the best way of getting an entry level position. > but the advantage of those is that > you get to show you can stick to something for a reasonable length of > time, and you can also get and show off high marks. Plus if you are > good and willing you can be the one the lecturer thinks of when asked > "who have you got?" > > (And they do get asked that. ) I know. I used to ask QUT all the time. Prof George Mohay gave me some of the best engineers in the world (no lie) to come and work in my company. > > None of it is guaranteed. But the more effort you put in to show > yourself off, the better your chances. No argument there. Mark Addinall. > > Zebee
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