A prospective applicant that's certified in a linux distro that the hiring
manager has heard of and most likely actually uses in their own IT
department (such as Red Hat) will have a much better chance at someone who
is trained on a lesser-known/popular distro, even if everything else about
the distro is exactly the same. That's reality. Most hiring managers,
especially in larger companies, don't have the time to dissect resumes in
detail, and most major companies have them scanned and OCRd into a central
database so a hiring manager would likely type in "Red Hat Certified" or
something like that to look up an electronic resume record. If that phrase
ain't in your resume, it don't matter how qualified you are--you get passed
over.
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-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Logan Tygart
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:41 PM
To: SLUG
Subject: [SLUG] I am confuzzeled...
Hi Slugidonia,
Ok, I have a serious question. I have no intention of starting a flame
war, but I honestly want to know why people want to get a distro
specific certification?!!?
I quit using RedHat with 3.0.3. Yes, I still have the CDROM's. That
was after I began learning Linux, with a Slackware CDROM I peeled of the
back of a book I bought in 1995, wherein; the installation entailed a 5
1/4, boot and RAM floppy. Later, I discovered Debian and I never looked
back.
I would argue, if you learned how to install and use Debian
(Woody/Sarge/Sid == stable/testing/unstable) in whatever capacity you
need, you will be able to dominate in Linux systems administration, with
the exception of RPM's and their management, in any certification test.
As a hiring manager, I disregard virtually all certifications and look
at the person applying. If they tell me they love computers and had a
VIC 20/Trash 80/286 growing up and learned everything by being
themselves, I am much more likely to hire them than someone who gets a
certification and may, or may not, love what they are doing, than hire
someone who only got their LPI/MSwhatever/RHwhatever certification.
The certification does not matter. What you know matters. If getting
together to pass a Redhat certification test enables you all to learn
from each other and increase your knowledge, I applaud it. If you are
only doing it for the "money," you will be quickly sniffed out and
snuffed out.
Remember, its all Linux and if you want a career in it, you should keep
it Distro steril, or at least understand how it all works, together, as
a system.
Send flames to me personally or to the politics list, if this really
gets your ire.
That is just my two cents,
The Logan
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