Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:07:38 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Petrus <petrus4@tpg.com.au> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for advice Message-ID: <86fwa7sd5x.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4FCFBAD5.1030308@tpg.com.au> (Petrus's message of "Thu, 07 Jun 2012 06:17:25 %2B1000") References: <4FCFBAD5.1030308@tpg.com.au>
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Petrus <petrus4@tpg.com.au> writes: > Although I am primarily doing so for personal, rather than economic > reasons, I did want to ask whether or not it possibly *would* add to a > resume, in the opinions of people here. What you should ask yourself instead is "can it possibly hurt?" > So I wanted to ask; how possible is it still, to become gainfully > employed as a BSD administrator? Once I have the BSD certification, > will it be necessary to concede to reality, and also seek > certification in Linux as well? It is undoubtedly much easier to get a Linux job than a BSD job, unless you are willing to relocate to where the BSD jobs are. > I have long considered that idea, but the problem is that Linux > training generally costs a minimum of $2,000, and I do not have that > type of money available. I got LPIC-1 without any training, after only a few months of using Linux. There is a lot of overlap with FreeBSD and other Unices. The exam itself costs $173 at any Pearson VUE location. The BSDA exam costs $75 and is usually given at F/OSS conferences and user group meetings. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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