[plug] Linux and employment

[David Griffiths]

>Hi All
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>
>1) Does anyone know a company in WA that offers Linux certification by
>exam only?
>
The next red hat exam is in Sept I believe. You can sit the exam without
doing the course if you want. I think they will be charging  > $900 with GST -
not cheap.



>2) How transferable is Linux certification and skills into other Unix
>(Solaris?) skills in practicality and in the minds of employers?
>
not enough experience with Solaris to comment here.

>3) How much in demand are Linux skills?  I have yet to see a job in the
>paper requiring them at a high level.
>
A large part of the value of learning any flavour of u*ix well is for the
networking skills. Maybe I'm being biased here but I would say that most
unix admins have better networking skills than NT only admins.


>4) What skills in particular are going to make you attractive to
>employers?  I am thinking along the lines of Sendmail, Apache, Perl etc.
>
All the above would be valuable in our dept. Samba is another common one.


>5) Is there a better way to get into the Linux arena in WA without
>getting these skills/certificates?
>
Friends in the business ;-)


cheers,

Dave.



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