[TriLUG] Career planning - certs(?)

[Matthew Pusateri]

My feelings are this, if you don't want to live in the M$ world, then  
work on your RHCE or the like if you really want a cert. Personally I  
believe they get you by HR onto someone who might have a clue.   But  
personally any company who wants me to have a cert to work there is  
probably a company I don't want to work for.  Think Corporate america  
stuck with a bunch of non-technical managers.  That being said I do  
like to eat :)  Lifes too short to be a windows admin.  Work on your  
skills, volunteer if you have to.  Beef up your resume with actual  
knowledge.

Having interviewed several hundred people, knowledge impresses me over  
paper.



my two worthless cents :)

Matt P.

On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:13 PM, David J. Stillman wrote:

> Evening all.
>
> Been thinking about my career (and lack thereof) , and what I can do  
> to
> help it along, other than just working jobs that are not on my desired
> track.
>
> Long term goal is sysadmin.  I know I have some work to do to get  
> there,
> and am hoping to get a cert or two that will help me jump onto that
> track, so I can build some experience, since I am having a hard time
> finding an entry level job on that track.
>
> So, I am looking at certs.
>
> I know I don't have a ton of money, so I want to make what I take
> count.  I am fine with learning, and have a decent home network to
> perform the experiments on.
>
> I had thought maybe network+, followed by server+, security+, and
> linux+.  My thoughts on those certs is that they are pretty much  
> vendor
> neutral, and build on each other, which would not limit me in a
> particular track.
>
> At the moment I work in a MS Shop (not my first choice, but I seem  
> to be
> hanging around).
>
> I would love some advice on the subject.
>
> Thank you.
>
> David
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