From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 21 14:38:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 BAE2F16A423 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:38:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (dc.cis.okstate.edu [139.78.100.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF25843D46 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:38:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Received: from dc.cis.okstate.edu (localhost.cis.okstate.edu [127.0.0.1]) by dc.cis.okstate.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j9LEcGhn058300 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:38:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu) Message-Id: <200510211438.j9LEcGhn058300@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:38:16 -0500 From: Martin McCormick Subject: UNIX System Certification Programs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:38:20 -0000 As part of the formalization process for our carreer paths, our organization is wanting us to be certified in our areas of expertise as part of any on-going carreer path. Since I do all my work in Linux and FreeBSD, what sorts of programs are there that would be similar to the Microsoft certifications which are extremely common in the Windows world? I would want to try to keep it as close to what I really do, both for honesty's sake and since the knowledge gained would be valuable, to say the least and the closer it fit me, the better. The best way to describe what I do would be to say that I use UNIX systems to solve technical problems. While DNS is my primary responsibility, I notice that I have spent a good portion of my carreer, here, coming up with UNIX-based automation solutions to problems that individuals in my group or groups we are close to are trying to solve. Such situations as mining system logs for patterns that mean trouble and either alerting others of the pending trouble or actually rectifying it, are a daily part of my job. Using UNIX tools such as awk, grep and C to shave time off of mine and other people's work also describe what I do. Please tell me any thoughts you might have. Stating that I've been messing around with UNIX systems for about 14 years probably won't get me very far.:-) Thank you. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group