From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jan 10 5:49: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from honk.org (cr876208-a.flfrd1.on.wave.home.com [24.112.90.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39491595E for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:46:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mpoulin@honk.org) Received: from spectre (mpoulin@cr876208-a.flfrd1.on.wave.home.com [24.112.90.129]) by honk.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id IAA01043; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:47:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:47:03 -0500 (EST) From: Marty Poulin X-Sender: mpoulin@spectre To: Heiko Recktenwald , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification - Sysadmin liability ? In-Reply-To: <38781CEE.6726EE0D@confusion.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I think that any Unix certification would do - most managers would not be able to tell the difference between SCO and BSD and IRIX; it's all "Unix" to them. I was lucky enough to get my work to pay for several courses at HP, and got my certification in HPUX. HPUX is a good Unix to learn, because it contains features from both BSD and SYS V Unix. There are also Unix certification courses in several training companies like Learning Tree and others - don't know if they teach BSD or what though. - M - On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Laurence Berland wrote: > Since there is no FreeBSD certification AFAIK, what sort of > certifications are good, if nothing else for a resume and such. For > networking type stuff there's the Cisco certs (CCNA, CCIE, etc.), and > Micro$oft has the MCSE and such. Is there something more generic that > hiring types like to see? > > Heiko Recktenwald wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > Well, there's a professional group of systems administrators (SAGE;it's > > > affiliated with USENIX, which is another organization that it's a good > > > idea to know about). > > > > > > And the notion of "certification for systems administrators" tends to be > > > one of the more contentious issues discussed, both in the sage-members > > > mailing list and at face-to-face meetings. > > > > What should a certification be good for ? I dont think BSD needs > > promotion, and else ? Sysadmin liability comes to mind. Well, as a law > > student, not a professional admin, I think all cases are too different, to > > be judged according to the fact if somebody had a general license to admin > > or not. But I dont know any cases. Are there any ? > > > > Heiko > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > -- > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for > 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a > 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, > written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for > 1 bit of competition. > http://stuy.debate.net > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > The above email Copyright (C) 1999 Laurence Berland > All rights reserved > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message