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Date:      Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:56:27 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Mooneer Salem <mooneer@translator.cx>
Cc:        "'Matthew D. Fuller'" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Subject:   Re: BSD certification.
Message-ID:  <3F22261B.5B650E28@mindspring.com>
References:  <000201c352ec$9aa8f770$1300a8c0@D6T8V231>

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Mooneer Salem wrote:
> I guess the only way you can avoid being artificial would be to order
> services at the candidate's place of employment (like servers) and
> randomly monitor how the box is administered throughout the year.

We call that "a resume", where I come from.

There's a reason employers tend to like experience more than
paper credentials, and will hire a 20 year veteran without even
a GED before they hire someone with a BS degree.

Everyone's always looking for a shortcut without "paying their
dues".

Paper credentials will get you a higher starting salary, when
you have no experience, all things being equal, but for system
administration, experience almost always counts more than the
paper credentials.

If I could stand doing the work, I'd probably be doing system
administration; system administrators often make more than
kernel engineers with equivalent years on the job.

Life's unfair; what're you going to do about it, though?

-- Terry


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