Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

> From what I hear the companies that want a degree would not be swayed by a cert in most cases. 
The certs are gravy, but while of valule less looked for than they may have been a few years ago. 
Of course none of this is written in stone across the board, and individual company policy and possible 
exceptions to it will vary.


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     B.H.
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  Alex Midence wrote:
Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 12:04:01PM -0600

> Bummer.  So, you could have someone who is perfectly knowledgeable, perfectly competent but who won't get 
> hired because he or she doesn't have a BS degree.  Wow.  Maybe the lpi Certification might make the 
> difference for somebody like that then.  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of John Heim
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 11:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?
>
> Well, I don't know anything about certifications but  I work as the linux admin for the Math Department at 
> the University Of Wisconsin. 
> Managing the mail, print, database, and web servers isn't even that big a part of my job. I do all that but 
> I also manage the research cluster for the faculty. We have some machines with 32 to 40 cores that are tied 
> into everybody's office computer so they can use their office machine as a node on the cluster. It's all 
> linux. As you may know, almost all high performance computing is done on linux computers. Anyway, my point 
> is that I almost never have accessibility problems.  For a career for a blind person, I think linux systems 
> admin is about as level a playing surface as you are going to find.
> I am not sure what the demand is for linux systems admins in other parts of the world but around here it's 
> really high. Jobs go unfilled for years because of the lack of qualified candidates. This is a university 
> town and that is what accounts for the demand. The university creates it's share of jobs but many are also 
> created by businesses spun off of the university. All the jobs around here, even most of those in the 
> private sector, require a BS degree or better.
>
> On 03/08/2016 02:27 PM, austinAustin quesada wrote:
> > Hi. I figured i would ask this here, as i trust this community to give 
> > me some honest answers. So, recently, i have been looking in to being 
> > certifyed from the Linux foundation, for employment purposes. From 
> > what i gather, there is quite a demand for Linux systems admins, and 
> > the pay is quite good here in the US. I'm wondering though if this 
> > type of job would be practical using speakup and or orca to manage a 
> > stable server environment, assuming of course that i actually land the 
> > job? Any thoughts on the matter would be much appreciated. Also feel 
> > free to share experiences and the like. Thanks.
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