<div>This makes sense. The LPI material will likely help. The RHCE teaches alot of material which is specific to RH, but also a certain amount of knowledge which is vendor neutral. </div>
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<div>Love it or hate it, the RHCE is definitely the best known in the IT Manager realm. Which is why I am studying for the RHCE.</div>
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<div>Brock<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Christopher Howard</b> <<a href="mailto:seehow@iphouse.com">seehow@iphouse.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'm studying LPI not for certification but to have a full rounded<br>knowledge of GNU/Linux. I have the Nutshell book too, it's a bit old.
<br>I'm using it as a core and getting other books on the various subjects<br>it covers. There is a book by Sybex that is LPI approved and much newer<br>than the Nutshell book. I also have it, not reading it till I decide to
<br>take the test.<br><br>Boy Scouts earn badges, but if you want to climb those ranks, earn those<br>badges. Probably look better to have multiple certs. If you pass one,<br>the other should be easy.<br><br><br>On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 15:09 -0500, Brock Noland wrote:
<br>> Your goal is to get hired in as a Linux Sys admin? Where do you want<br>> to work? If your looking a large company, I would go for RHCE or the<br>> Novell equivalent.<br>><br>> Now to my opinion. I have been thinking about this lately. The only
<br>> reason I can see to get a cert is if A your switching jobs and your<br>> experience is not optimal or B if your workplace will give you more<br>> money. Maybe C you want to teach the cert material.<br>><br>
> Brock<br>><br>><br>> On 10/16/06, chi <<a href="mailto:itwontdie@gmail.com">itwontdie@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I just bought the book "LPI Certification in a nutshell" and<br>> am
<br>> planning to take the LPI tests. I am curious what the local<br>> Linux<br>> community thinks about the LPI "<a href="http://www.lpi.org/">http://www.lpi.org/</a>" am i<br>> wasting my
<br>> time? are there a better Linux Certifications out there? has<br>> anyone<br>> taken these tests and gotten hired because of them?<br>><br>> I have no Linux specific schooling but love GNU/Linux
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