[plug] Linux and employment

[Michael De Santis]

Hi,

MSCE certificates used to be the flavor of the month a couple of years
ago but don't seem to be a major criteria with employers nowadays.

IMO - whatever certificate you hold or intending to do - the employer
will always be more interested in your work experience rather than your
qualifications. 

just my two cents worth

Cheers
Michael
  

Darrell Horrocks wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> Having been using various forms of Linux, predominantly RedHat based,
> for a while I have been thinking about changing my career (not
> significantly), and am wondering about how useful these Linux skills
> are?
> 
> Given that there are no accreditation courses on offer on a month by
> month basis here in Perth (of course there are the odd ones ;-) ) is it
> worth really pursuing a Linux accreditation?  Does anyone know of a
> Linux certification exam that one can take without a course?  There are
> of course places like http://www.brainbench.com, but how much worth do
> they have here in West AU??
> 
> This really is the crux because if I want to go on and pursue a career
> in this area, I need to gain some industry qualifications.  Currently I
> am thinking about doing the MCSE exams and getting that (can also do
> that without a course) purely to give me an certification acceptable to
> employers.
> 
> SO! to sum up.....
> 
> 1) Does anyone know a company in WA that offers Linux certification by
> exam only?
> 
> 2) How transferable is Linux certification and skills into other Unix
> (Solaris?) skills in practicality and in the minds of employers?
> 
> 3) How much in demand are Linux skills?  I have yet to see a job in the
> paper requiring them at a high level.
> 
> 4) What skills in particular are going to make you attractive to
> employers?  I am thinking along the lines of Sendmail, Apache, Perl etc.
> 
> 5) Is there a better way to get into the Linux arena in WA without
> getting these skills/certificates?
> 
> Maybe the answers to this can get included into the FAQ?  I can even do
> the writing ;-)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Darrell

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