[lug] Linux Certification

[Hugh Brown]

My experience has been as follows:  I have been using Linux since Jan 1999
at home and as a system administrator for 2 years.
I was able to pass the LPI Level I tests without studying (so it was
review),  I was also able to pass three of the four SAIR tests without
studying (I missed the Networking test by one question).  Whether or not
you learn from the process depends on what you know already and in what
capacity you use Linux right now.

My attitude toward them is somewhat ambivalent.  I take the tests so that
corporate types who don't know much about Linux can be impressed.  I have
learned a few things from test questions that I wasn't sure about but
looked up later.

FWIW,

Hugh



"Gary Plewes"
> 
> I Noticed last week an add or something came through on the blug mailing
> list for linux certification.
> I was considering about maybe doing this but I wanted to get some feed
> back from more experienced
> linux users about theses certifications. Do you think they are worth it?
> Do you think I would actually learn something from it or would it just
> be review. Does anyone have any hostilities twards these certifications
> or praises?
> 
> Comments criticisms?
>