Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 12:22:39 -0700 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification Message-ID: <3798C0FF.8B7C3294@greycat.com> References: <002c01bed537$830d5840$87577ccf@isp1.foxlink.net> <199907231723.AA061670587@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> <7nadfe$env$1@twwells.com>
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"T. William Wells" wrote: > > In article <199907231723.AA061670587@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu>, > Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> wrote: > : >Are you guys by any chance going to create a FreeBSD certification program? > : >If yes, by when will it be available? If not, don't you think it is a good > : >idea > : >to start one? > : > : Why? > > Yeah. In my experience, most of those who have certificates get > them in the hopes that it'll substitute for actual hard-earned > experience. Furthermore, certification programs rarely test > anything more than the ability to answer questions correctly -- > this is not a skill that's terribly useful when it comes to > administering an operating system. MCSE == Must Consult Someone Experienced Says it all about 'certification", I think. There is a problem with this though: The suits (at least where I work) are so gung-ho about certs that there's now a 10-20% pay raise if you get just about any type of cert. Good Grief. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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