Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 00:30:22 -0500 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Heiko Recktenwald <uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification - Sysadmin liability ? Message-ID: <38781CEE.6726EE0D@confusion.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001081309050.659-100000@moritz.alleswirdgelber>
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Since there is no FreeBSD certification AFAIK, what sort of
certifications are good, if nothing else for a resume and such. For
networking type stuff there's the Cisco certs (CCNA, CCIE, etc.), and
Micro$oft has the MCSE and such. Is there something more generic that
hiring types like to see?
Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > Well, there's a professional group of systems administrators (SAGE;it's
> > affiliated with USENIX, which is another organization that it's a good
> > idea to know about).
> >
> > And the notion of "certification for systems administrators" tends to be
> > one of the more contentious issues discussed, both in the sage-members
> > mailing list and at face-to-face meetings.
>
> What should a certification be good for ? I dont think BSD needs
> promotion, and else ? Sysadmin liability comes to mind. Well, as a law
> student, not a professional admin, I think all cases are too different, to
> be judged according to the fact if somebody had a general license to admin
> or not. But I dont know any cases. Are there any ?
>
> Heiko
>
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