Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:49:58 -0600 From: "Dragon Knight ][" <dragonknight@dtgnet.com> To: <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification...again Message-ID: <001301becceb$319b6140$0101a8c0@dtgnet.com> References: <199907130150.UAA08668@free.pcs> <199907130421.AAA93788@freedom.cybertouch.org>
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Some very interesting points have been brought up so far in this thread, but I thought I might just add to it. So here goes. In my experience talking to NT / Novell network admins the Microsoft and Novell type Cert's are fairly difficult and provide a really good reference as to a persons ability to do the job. In fact, many computer shops around here require you to obtain your MCSE or something of the like within six months of being hired. On the other hand, when I talk to some of the guys who run a local ISP, run mostly with FreeBSD and a little NT, they consider the Microsoft certification a complete joke. They are all Microsoft certified, of course, and they don't deny that it has helped them at least get an interview in the past. I guess there is more than one point to this... Even though they consider MS Certification laughable, having it has helped them to a certain degree in their careers. .. .. Why do the NT guys swear by their certification and the nix guys seem the be somewhat seperated about it? I, for one, think that certification is a great idea, but only if it is done correctly. The tests must be ever changing / evolving with computer and related technology and the OS. There should be several types of certification, each with different levels of.. expertise. Perhaps depending upon how much a person could recall from memory, or how much experience they have.. or both. Even being certified at the lowest level should require substantial knowledge of what you are being certified in (eg: the tests need to be difficult). And for the higher levels of certification you might consider evaluation of the person to be certified by other admin's while the evaluated goes through trying and meticulously planned drills on a real network. IMHO, FreeBSD is one of the best OS's out there, and any type of certification for it should be the best out there. If some sort of certification does happen sometime in the future, it should not be a good certification, it should be taken over the top so as to be one of the best nix type certifications out there. I'm only a Junior in high school, but if such a beast did exist... I'd save my pennies for it without hesitation. Samuel Greear To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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