Debian "certification" Re: Any comment for RHCE?

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

Matej Cepl wrote:

>Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
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>>That said, I certainly don't take any type of certification
>>seriously. I'm always much more impressed by applied knowledge in the
>>from of visible contributions to the Free/Open Source software
>>community through participation or talks at a LUG, in support
>>channels, and through code.
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>
>My problem is that I have learned everything about Linux (and subsequently
>Debian) myself (using Linux exclusively since 2000), I have never attended
>any CS course (I used to be a lawyer back in Prague), and so I have no way
>how to prove to my potential employers what I know and that I know what I
>know (I do not consider myself to be much admin guru, but I think that I
>could do something around Linux). I thought, that in this particular case
>certification may be useful as a way to compensate for the lack of
>documents.
>  
>
Matej,

You'd do better to "apprentice" yourself to a Linux/Unix guru who's in 
the business already: so many jobs are found through word-of-mouth that 
it's the best way to get the contacts you'll need.

FWIW.

Bill

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