[NTLUG:Discuss] AN APOLOGY to NTLUG...

[David Ross]

On Monday 02 January 2006 04:38 pm, brian at pongonova.net wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 03:07:28PM -0600, David Mandala wrote:
> > Clearly then you are unaware of the "Linux Professional Institute"
> > http://www.lpi.org/ which is the Linux gold standard of certification.
> > The rest are commercial wantabe's.
>
> Yes, I'm aware of LPI. At the time I researched this (about 2 years
> ago), the distinction wasn't so clear-cut...the RedHat certs were
> clearly the favored children at that time.  I'm planning on revisiting
> this in the near future, and will certainly consider LPI.
>
>   --Brian
>
I am also wondering about the value of an LPI Certification.
I spent two years getting a UNIX cert (and was a student of Brian @ Richland)
and it has not been helpful in employment. MCSE yes, A+ yes, but nothing
ever mentioned about *nix certs.

-- 
David Ross
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