[ILUG] RHCE vs LPI ??

[Grzegorz Witkowski]

I think both are equally important.
RHCE/RHCT can prove your practical knowledge, and ability to work on a
live production system. But multiple choice tests/exams have their sense
as well, as they prove you have some kind of level of knowledge in your
head. Simply, why to remember port numbers? You finish your day happy
driving home and then there is a call. Oh, it is your boss with limited
IT knowledge. He stayed after hours do complete something and the system
stopped working and he ask you what to do next. Will you ask him to dig
in manuals or check the port number if it is something trivial? I always
thought that knowing the most important ports and those which are
important for your system to work smoothly is a background. If there is
something new, fine, but if you configured the system, you should know
what and where and why. Obviously we are not perfect, I am not perfect,
but managers and bosses expect that you will know those things. I
remember, I failed one technical interview a while ago, because they
gave me a piece of paper and asked to write commands, scripts, parts of
config files and so on straight from my head. The salary was really
impressive. 
Conclusion - every cert you pass proves that you achieved some level of
expertise. 

Regards,
Ges 


On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:07 +0100, Conor Wynne wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Kae Verens <kae at verens.com> wrote:
> 
> > Conor Wynne wrote:
> >
> >> Who exactly can remember port numbers for services without checking? OK,
> >> we
> >> would know a good lot, but what about iscsi?
> >> I think its 3260 but who actually cares in REAL life?
> >>
> >
> > ish ;-) my answer would be "grep iscsi /etc/services"
> 
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > agreed - what's the point of remembering a port number when the only time
> > you'll be asked to use that knowledge is when you are at a computer, in
> > which case you can easily find it out.
> 
> 
> I failed my VCP because of this -- yet I have been supporting esx since
> 2.5.0... think I know it pretty well at this stage...
> Questions like, what is the maximum allowed (by the installer) partion for
> /blah
> ???? Who fscking cares, the installer PREVENTS you from setting it too
> large!!!!
> 
> Can you remove components from a running vm? .... try it, it WONT LET YOU DO
> IT!!!!!!!
> Multiple choice questions piss me off something special.
> 
> You can choose one or four, or all four, I always fail them as I think they
> are trying to trick me. AGHH :-)
> 
> Rant over. back to the RHCE / LPI fight fest.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > kae
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