From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 04:31:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184BA16A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:31:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF8C643D1D for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:31:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry4@earthlink.net) Received: from dialup-4.250.48.161.dial1.weehawken1.level3.net ([4.250.48.161]) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BzpR4-00042d-00; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:30:59 -0700 Message-ID: <412C16A0.90401@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:33:36 -0400 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040814 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vulpes Velox References: <20040824202731.BA4D043D5C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20040824221141.6f134a6b@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> <412C098F.2090003@earthlink.net> <20040824230620.23b21c3d@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20040824230620.23b21c3d@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Barbish3@adelphia.net cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ara@Avvali.COM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certifications? Does it exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:31:01 -0000 Vulpes Velox wrote: >On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:37:51 -0400 >Bob Perry wrote: > > > >>Vulpes Velox wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:48:48 -0400 >>>"JJB" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am wondering if there is any official cert or course for BSD >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>style >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>operating systems. Something like RedHat RHCE in Linux and their >>>>>official courses >>>>> >>>>>Having a paper on hand doesn't mean you know and >>>>>NOT having also doesn't mean you don't know, >>>>>But most employer now days look for that paper >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>Human Resources looks for the paper, (which may be what gets >>you in the door), but the IT manager wants to see what you can do. >> >> >> >>>>><>NJIT offers open source unix certification (and it's >>>>>recognized/endorsed by >>>>>the FreeBSD Foundation) >>>>> >>>>>http://cpe.njit.edu/noncredit/#opensourceunix >>>>> >>>>>avaiable both online and in classroom. >>>>> >>>>> >>>ICK! seems a little pricey if you just want a cert... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Write them a note and see what they can offer you that you can't >>find elsewhere, I am. >> >> > >They offer training and classes that come with a cert afterwards, from >what I can tell. Would be nice just to see a place that offers just a >cert and no classes. > > > If I read the site correctly, they offer both classroom and, what they call, eLearning for their Distance Learning students. -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0