[ILUG-Social] Linux Certification

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

	The answer to this is quite simple. If the type of company you wish
to be employed by have little or no knowledge of Linux the certification
will be a nice carrot to dangle in front of them. If it's a large company,
the interviewer has an easy justificatio to hire you, and it makes you stand
out among oither CVs. However, if you are to be hired by a company which
uses Linux regularly they will always be more impressed with experience and
aptitude. They wont be as likely to take the cert at face value.
	Having said that, I'd like to have it written down somewhere that I
know a wee bit about the OS, maybe an emblem on the sheet, maybe even
lamenated. 

steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronan Herron [mailto:ronan_herron at esatclear.ie]
Sent: 24 October 2001 20:51
To: social at linux.ie
Subject: [ILUG-Social] Linux Certification


I'm wondering how Linux Certification measures up in the opinion of the list

members. Why? ,...well I just sat and passed the first exam on the road to 
LPIC certification (wa-heeey!), yet when I pick up Industry Journals, 
increasingly I see Red Hat Certification touted as the de facto Linux 
certification. And while I'm at it, I'm an ex-contractor looking for a 
job(hopefully with an Linux-using, Open Source- inclined Company, tall order

perhaps?), hence LPIC 101 exam, if anyone has any suggestion feel free to 
mail me 
  
RonanH

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