Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:37:17 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Dru Lavigne <dru.lavigne@att.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for advice Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOu5BvUG4NJ2H=giRc4s%2BaDYDZo84t%2BaovjyDitccA0UPg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1339443204.25181.YahooMailClassic@web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1339443204.25181.YahooMailClassic@web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm curious. When will the examination cover other architectures such as POWER/PowerPC, SPARC, and ARM? Having an exam for such architectures would get the BSDs recognition as a reliable system with the Power group. Support for ARM in the exam could increase the use of the BSDs in embedded devices; and, the same is also true for certain Power architectures. I am aware that the standard architecture being used is i386 and amd64. I am also aware that development is taking place on the architectures mentioned. On 6/11/12, Dru Lavigne <dru.lavigne@att.net> wrote: >> Hello, >> I'm currently planning on taking the BSD Association >> certification, as described here.=A0 (http://www.bsdcertification.org/) >> >> 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.=A0 As much as I've loved using FreeBSD myself, I've >> been looking for trend and market share numbers on the Web >> recently, and what I've found has been fairly depressing; >> the indication usually seems to be a gradual, long term >> decline of the three major BSDs, with virtually all UNIX >> market share moving in the direction of Debian Linux. >> With that said, I've also noticed that FreeBSD is still >> visible on Netcraft's list of the most reliable ISPs. >> >> I consider this tragic, because after close to 15 years of >> at least intermittent use of both systems, I have developed >> a belief that FreeBSD is vastly technically superior to any >> form of Linux that I have used, including Debian. >> >> So I wanted to ask; how possible is it still, to become >> gainfully employed as a BSD administrator?=A0 Once I have >> the BSD certification, will it be necessary to concede to >> reality, and also seek certification in Linux as well? >> 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. > > > Disclaimer: I'm the current chair of the BSD certification group (BSDCG). > > The BSDCG gets requests quite often from employers who are looking for > admins with BSD skills. We refer them to our BSDA certified linked in gro= up > as its members are all BSDA certified. There is also a linkedin group for > those interested in BSD certification which is a good resource for > networking with other admins who are interested in BSD. > > We have also received several reports back from certificants indicating t= hat > the reason why they were hired over someone else was because they were BS= DA > certified. > > I wrote an article for the February issue of BSD Mag (available for free > download from bsdmag.org) that describes why one would want to be BSD > certified, even if not motivated by economic reasons or even if one is > already happily employed. > > Bottom line, if you're interested in system administration, the more > Unix-like skills that you can get, the better. A Linux certification will > only provide a subset of these skills. Having both Linux and BSD > certification provides a fuller skillset. > > Cheers, > > Dru > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CA%2BWntOu5BvUG4NJ2H=giRc4s%2BaDYDZo84t%2BaovjyDitccA0UPg>