attn: Justin

[Joshua R. Altemoos]

Well what about the CCNA and CCNP are they worth it?

Justin Bennett wrote:

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> It's test based, like most, there is 2 parts a question based section, 
> and a hands on system setup and config.  You can take the test ~$700, 
> or there is a 5 day course I took, mostly review for me wasn't worth 
> it in my opinion but my employer payed for it, I would reccomend it if 
> your not paying for it, but if you get a review book, and an old pc 
> you can do most of it on your own.  that was ~$2500. Red hat just 
> announced a new certification RHCA looks interesting I may look into 
> taking that. As for employers, hmm coudln't tell you, I haven't come 
> across a lot of shops that run linux in a production environment, 
> locally. About 90% of our servers are linux, correct me if I'm wrong, 
> but I think that is an oddity in the buffalo market, if he's looking 
> to move thats a different story.
> The plus side is once you get comfortable in a unix like OS picking up 
> something like Solaris for example which is big in the Universities 
> and several other places in the area is pretty easy to pick up.
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> Justin
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> Cyber Source wrote:
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>> Hey Justin,
>>  I know your a RHCE. My son is interested in what steps to take and 
>> the costs involved. Could you enlighten us? He is also interested in 
>> who might be hiring a RHCE, just to get some ideas. He just started 
>> ITT and is getting totally pissed at all the M$ crap they feed. I 
>> told him I thought it would be like that and a waste of money and 
>> that they wouldn't teach anything he's not learning at Cyber Source 
>> (except for how to bow to M$). You wouldn't believe some of the 
>> nonsense they teach there, I think there M$ funded.....
>> Anyway, if you or anyone else could give us some clues as to 
>> obtaining an RHCE or any other Linux Certification, that would be 
>> great, Thanks.
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