John Locke wrote:
> On Thu, 03 May 2007 11:21:42 +0100, BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Certification on the upswing again
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | After several years of decline, the demand for certification and
>>> | training in GNU/Linux and other free software areas is stronger than
>>> | ever. That's the general opinion of experts in the field, as they
>>> | discuss where certification has been, current course offerings,
>>> | customer services, and trends for the future.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | With all this activity and interest in the future, there is little
>>> | doubt that, as Lacey says, "We are seeing an up-pick in certification
>>> | and the funding sources of open source coming back." Few others in
>>> | the industry would argue. Clearly, the certification market is
>>> | expanding, and is poised for even more growth in the coming years.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/26/2029245&from=rss
>>>
>>
>>I have often fancied getting certified for Linux, I have quallifications
>>but none of them have the word Linux on them. But when I have looked at
>>those courses online they look very basic and the thought of spending a
>>few months studying commandline syntax or how to connect to a network,
>>well my boredom nerves twitch and I just can't bring myself to sign up to
>>a few months of dullosity.
>>
>>Then of cause there is the point of what is the quallification worth if no
>>one who reads my CV has ever heard of it.
>>
>>I can even do it for free, this company would pay, we have a budget for
>>this, plus there's a tax refund that goes with it. A week or so in London
>>in a nice hotel would be nice. Is there a sigh colly gist here who could
>>get me past the boredom aspect of sitting through lessons on learning how
>>to write a profile script or create a user? I also concidered doing a
>>corse on english language, but I can't see any use for that.
> I guess sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and suffer a little
> to reach your goal. My son has shown some interest in this new field
> and I am hoping that he will take a shot at it. I'm too old and cranky
> to sit through classes, so I'll leave the certification to the young
> sprouts.
>
> Whne I was working on IBM 360 minaframes in the early 70s, the only
> way you could really learn anything was to take the big thick IBM
> manuals home a study them. In those days, they were mostly just
> a collection of notes from system engineers. Now that was boring !
>
That's the way I learnt it too along with programming, because of cause
there wasn't anyone to write the software for you so you had no real
choice. But I didn't find it boring, I loved it, actually I think I loved
it more in hind sight than at the time I was doing it.
> London sounds wonderful. Go out and have dinner after classes and then
> take a nice long walk. It will help to clear your head and formulate
> ideas about where you want to go with your certification.
I don't think I want to actually go anywhere with a quallification, this
company takes good care of me.
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