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

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

I think there's one or two out there that are pretty simple but the ones everyone respects are the Redhat 
certifications and the LPI ones.  I've heard the Redhat ones are pretty   hard and, from what I've seen 
looking over the LPI prep materials, that one is pretty extensive.  I can't imagine that test will be passed 
by someone who doesn't know what they are doing.  


-----Original Message-----
From: B. Henry [mailto:burt1iband gmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 1:01 PM
To: Alex Midence; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?

> 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
> To: orca
> 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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