From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 19:33:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A7D106566C for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:33:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dru.lavigne@att.net) Received: from nm6-vm0.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm6-vm0.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.44.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D9248FC26 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.44.106] by nm6.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2012 19:33:25 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.73] by tm11.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2012 19:33:25 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1010.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2012 19:33:25 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 717477.22036.bm@omp1010.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 37779 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jun 2012 19:33:25 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1339443204; bh=wbBvoR79tP0XKZ25uc49Sox7hZs04ajaVWmlIoo4WRI=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=3KkzNSvRpGTQ1wlWpyf1kXtk+QhljSKTBJdF8/IPFQMF5kxBjVKzlIuAMSpSHfYO1NIYStrL1AZUmp2im34Wu0jczMXe1YSw5ykbujakjEK/NWoHO3Gca/0UL4lmNXvkOXA8zsK0nWzACDshwhoXgqCM/SYgkUgC5NnDVH4Iyrg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=att.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=WUyD9pbOg7HJtiyzu0KE8BpVPYDjGxVmw2bLaKSppyf+K3VaU8fAvk9bTTX+waxCcMl1nthZnQZNQ/nL0eKArMrv1JNF5g2hWpglj3oS+6nYFd/Eta0f6vpSvJAgeGPBvQHdicNFyrkvPG0KaQGtjYVzNNGGJC1HZj2Y7dRJ5sw=; X-YMail-OSG: Ni_XUPUVM1m8BbgUnR8WctpdCzSSe1mMXCpzPwMUTHlvS36 gWx.aOFiYwHPI_fBArJzL4NBeyvd4bUrqpV_0EOT9XV_itYbW1ZBmKL3oyiJ .2KrFTNeGXdB8aHdHwS8z8oUgGiJYkg.KVXPhrp4cgQXB5Ew4Mm8FLL3m5.s dGZGGscX.RJrnz9Upz20u9rWR1dmEFSKUwJ65aROpkZRrX2RV6eKrDV5a6MA C.jAROLvGPcwAe87PNjUEBUsm_Kra9fWy6aFiIgj79Lx.Az9m.IwPrV6FSAo C2zxynCHM04e6n7xnjeZYawG.wxbWggQAglKYlPj0nv2u2wxZElCIpFwqd0D mMYXgFwxY4Yd1KiGs8S_mg9smHBhWuWTLA7bqb6FKFW5LSYEkkTcvdtyxMng dTwBADy5gXu6lJ28_dx32tAHpWdrSOtYINman9VpjotXGFg8iJYjgZhdyVWm FEwfrSU1ARIv8TKjmyGVA1f9XZ_aefBA1f2pllGxQF6ik4.khV.wpjwtQoIt saz_am.T0Lohi2kA- Received: from [99.98.82.135] by web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:33:24 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/15.0.6 YahooMailWebService/0.8.118.349524 Message-ID: <1339443204.25181.YahooMailClassic@web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:33:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Dru Lavigne To: Petrus , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Request for advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:33:26 -0000 > Hello,=0A> I'm currently planning on taking the BSD Association=0A> certi= fication, as described here.=A0 (http://www.bsdcertification.org/)=0A> =0A>= Although I am primarily doing so for personal, rather than=0A> economic re= asons, I did want to ask whether or not it=0A> possibly *would* add to a re= sume, in the opinions of people=0A> here.=A0 As much as I've loved using Fr= eeBSD myself, I've=0A> been looking for trend and market share numbers on t= he Web=0A> recently, and what I've found has been fairly depressing;=0A> th= e indication usually seems to be a gradual, long term=0A> decline of the th= ree major BSDs, with virtually all UNIX=0A> market share moving in the dire= ction of Debian Linux.=A0=0A> With that said, I've also noticed that FreeBS= D is still=0A> visible on Netcraft's list of the most reliable ISPs.=0A> = =0A> I consider this tragic, because after close to 15 years of=0A> at leas= t intermittent use of both systems, I have developed=0A> a belief that Free= BSD is vastly technically superior to any=0A> form of Linux that I have use= d, including Debian.=0A> =0A> So I wanted to ask; how possible is it still,= to become=0A> gainfully employed as a BSD administrator?=A0 Once I have=0A= > the BSD certification, will it be necessary to concede to=0A> reality, an= d also seek certification in Linux as well?=A0=0A> I have long considered t= hat idea, but the problem is that=0A> Linux training generally costs a mini= mum of $2,000, and I do=0A> not have that type of money available.=0A=0A=0A= Disclaimer: I'm the current chair of the BSD certification group (BSDCG).= =0A=0AThe BSDCG gets requests quite often from employers who are looking fo= r admins with BSD skills. We refer them to our BSDA certified linked in gro= up as its members are all BSDA certified. There is also a linkedin group fo= r those interested in BSD certification which is a good resource for networ= king with other admins who are interested in BSD.=0A=0AWe have also receive= d several reports back from certificants indicating that the reason why the= y were hired over someone else was because they were BSDA certified.=0A=0AI= wrote an article for the February issue of BSD Mag (available for free dow= nload from bsdmag.org) that describes why one would want to be BSD certifie= d, even if not motivated by economic reasons or even if one is already happ= ily employed.=0A=0ABottom line, if you're interested in system administrati= on, the more Unix-like skills that you can get, the better. A Linux certifi= cation will only provide a subset of these skills. Having both Linux and BS= D certification provides a fuller skillset.=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0ADru=0A