Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:17:17 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> Cc: Lanny Baron <lnb@cybertouch.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification...again Message-ID: <378A312D.ACEAFA07@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907121121220.13125-100000@thneed.ubergeeks.com>
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Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Lanny Baron wrote:
>
> > Hello Fellow FreeBSD'ers,
> > I would just like to say that it irks me to death that I must spend
> > $16,500.00 (canadian) to take a 23 week long immersion course to
> > be "prepared" for MCSE, Oracle and A+ certification. Although the
> > school (private) I am going to will touch on solaris for a whole week,
> > many people I have talked to on IRC tell me I am wasting my time.
> >
> > However I am not. Here, in Toronto at least. Many companies
> > looking to hire people want to see 1) a university degree or 2) a ton
> > of experience they can call and get references on the applicants. 3)
> > Certification from recognized systems (for a lack of a better term).
>
> Well, you might check out the USENIX certification debate. I'm of
> two minds on the whole issue, but I'm sure that any certification that they
> settle upon would apply pretty well to FreeBSD.
There are other "professional training" organizations that teach classes
in UNIX programming, system administration, network administration, etc.
All of these apply to FreeBSD in the general sense, though I doubt many of
them use FreeBSD in the classroom exercises. You could easily take such
a class then run home each night to re-implement the exercises on FreeBSD.
Personally I fail to understand why having a college degree is viewed with
such disdain by so many of the people asking for FreeBSD certification.
What's wrong with educating yourself?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com
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