<html><head><meta name="Generator" content="PocoMail 3 HTML/CSS Generator"/> <style type="text/css"></style> </head><BODY BGCOLOR="#F0F0F0">Its a bit of a catch 22 situation - it seems the only cost affective way to get RH (or pretty much anyone else for that matter) certification is to get your company to pay for it but if you want the cert. to get a job then youre pretty much foo bar'd. Ive trying to persude my company to get me on these type or courses for years and still havent accomplished much - b@stards ;p I'm not sure whats available in the US but in the UK the only official IT certification available to a lot of people are NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) - I've done a few of these but, to be fair, they're not much use. For example i done a level 3 in 'Install and Supporting IT Systems' and the hardest task was to install an OS - hardly the most demanding task for your average tech. AFAIK, they dont do much beyond that - certainly nothing involving server support - not even 1st line stuff. Just my 2c worth. Jeff On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:27:18 -0400, Hamilton, Andrew wrote: > Even if you did it yourself taking the test costs over $700... > That's a considerable expense...IMO..and I have a job... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bdw@briandwright.com [<a href="mailto:bdw@briandwright.com]">mailto:bdw@briandwright.com]</a> Sent: > Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:08 PM To: General Red Hat Linux > discussion list > Subject: Re: Spring into action with Red Hat training > > > I agree completely. Given the high unemployment rate among IT > folk, not many people have the $2500 to spare. > > If anyone has good tips on doing it yourself, I'd like to know. > > >> All, >> >> >> I got this wonderful email today about training and the fantastic >> gifts available if you do training courses. >> >> I keep on looking at the Redhat website to see if prices are >> going down, but they dont. >> >> I also keep on bumping into this: >> >> >>> All training classes must be paid in full at least one week >>> prior to the >>> >> start >of the class and no more than 30 days after registration, >> no student >> will be >allowed to enter the classroom without prior payment in >> full. If Red >> Hat, Inc. >has has not received payment by the appropriate date, >> we reserve the right to >cancel the registration. >> >>> RH300 RH300-RHCE Rapid Track Course San Francisco, CA 26-APR- >>> 04 $2498 >>> >> >> I want to take a course/exam, but $2498 is too much to spend at >> once. >> >> >> I think the Redhat qualifications arent a measure of how well a >> person knows >> redhat software / Linux, but a measure of how much money is in >> the account and >> how much a person is prepared to dig into his/her pocket. >> >> >> Big organisations can afford this. >> >> >> I want to do some of these training courses, but for $2498 - Na >> >> >> Come on Redhat throw me some slack. >> >> >> James Harrison >> >> >> --- Red Hat <redhat@info.redhat.com> wrote: >>> Now that you've taken Red Hat's pre-assessment questionnaires, >>> are you ready to spring into class? 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