From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jun 21 8:53:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from proxy.centtech.com (moat.centtech.com [206.196.95.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3045937B43E for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:53:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sprint.centtech.com (sprint.centtech.com [10.177.173.31]) by proxy.centtech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5LFrE108867; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:53:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id g5LFrEJ10962; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:53:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from centtech.com (proton [10.177.173.77]) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5LFrBR10955; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:53:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3D134BE7.F88700B4@centtech.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:53:11 -0500 From: Eric Anderson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Samuel Chow Cc: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low impact, high value training? (wish me luck!!) References: <00b901c218e1$6229a5c0$ceec910c@daleco> <3D131EFE.A5682C37@centtech.com> <016b01c2193b$290a4920$2784412f@ca.nortel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Samuel Chow wrote: > Unfortunately, employers do not look at it this way. > Everytime I read the career section of the local > newspapers, they all want some certifications such as > MSCE for jobs like network administrators. As a FreeBSD > user, I will never want to have these certifications, > but it also means that I will never get those type of > jobs. Bummer. Well, I've found that while they put "MCSE or BS in blabl required", when it comes down to it, they'll hire a talented individual without the degree or papers. Including my current position, the past 3 places I have worked have asked for BS in CS, and/or certifications, all of which I do not have. I ignore the requests for those, and usually they do too (unless it's a bank or government organization - they are sometimes a little more picky). Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology He who laughs last didn't get the joke. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message