Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:56:27 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mooneer Salem <mooneer@translator.cx> Cc: "'Matthew D. Fuller'" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Subject: Re: BSD certification. Message-ID: <3F22261B.5B650E28@mindspring.com> References: <000201c352ec$9aa8f770$1300a8c0@D6T8V231>
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Mooneer Salem wrote: > I guess the only way you can avoid being artificial would be to order > services at the candidate's place of employment (like servers) and > randomly monitor how the box is administered throughout the year. We call that "a resume", where I come from. There's a reason employers tend to like experience more than paper credentials, and will hire a 20 year veteran without even a GED before they hire someone with a BS degree. Everyone's always looking for a shortcut without "paying their dues". Paper credentials will get you a higher starting salary, when you have no experience, all things being equal, but for system administration, experience almost always counts more than the paper credentials. If I could stand doing the work, I'd probably be doing system administration; system administrators often make more than kernel engineers with equivalent years on the job. Life's unfair; what're you going to do about it, though? -- Terry
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