From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Sep 14 18:13:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA16867 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.interlog.com (smtp.interlog.com [198.53.145.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA16853 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from default (ip236-113.cc.interlog.com [207.34.236.113]) by smtp.interlog.com (8.8.3/8.7.6) with SMTP id VAA15451 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:12:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19970914211405.00691eac@interlog.com> X-Sender: paulg@interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.2 (32) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:14:05 -0400 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Paul Griffith Subject: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am writing this because, I am currently a Sr. Service Technician for Micro Warehouse Canada Ltd. (Mac Warehouse, InMac, Notebook Store), looking to make the move over to the Unix System Admin. side. I plan to start with UNIX, and also get certified for Windows NT. I know this doesn't happen over nigh, and it takes a long time. I hope you can assist me, I have but a few questions to ask you: 1) Can you recommend any UNIX training centers that are recognized by the industry ? ( I am currently enrolled in a UNIX System Admin. course at a local College - Centennial College ) 2) Do you think on is better off learning the UNIX tools (i.e. shell scripts, pearl, performance tuning, etc.) than a vendor specific UNIX ? I also welcome any and all advice you can give me, Thank You very much in advance. Paul Griffith - paulg@interlog.com