From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 21 15:08:21 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 177D616A41F for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:08:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from norgaard@math.ku.dk) Received: from imf.math.ku.dk (fw.math.ku.dk [130.225.103.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA69143D45 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:08:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from norgaard@math.ku.dk) Received: from imf.math.ku.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imf.math.ku.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6811B26B; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:08:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from shannon.math.ku.dk (shannon.math.ku.dk [130.225.103.12]) by imf.math.ku.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:08:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:08:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Erik Norgaard To: Martin McCormick In-Reply-To: <200510211438.j9LEcGhn058300@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Message-ID: References: <200510211438.j9LEcGhn058300@dc.cis.okstate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 15:08:21 -0000 On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Martin McCormick wrote: > 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? For linux you will probably find distribution specific certification programs such as Red Hat Certisfied Whatever. For BSD there are currently two initatives under way, bsdcertification.org and bsdcertification.com > 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.:-) Don't underestimate the value of experience! It is well known that there is a vast number of paper certificates, proveable experience is worth more than some unknown certificate. When companies like certificates it's because they can tell their clients that their employees are certisfied to do the job. But for inhouse tasks experience is worth far more. Cheers, Erik