RHCE certification

[Ryan Golhar]

Its funny.  I know someone who is Oracle certified, yet she doesn't know 
the first thing about getting around in a shell.  Always made me think 
what these certifications really mean.


Stephen Carville wrote:
> On Friday 22 August 2008 5:48 am, Johan Booysen wrote:
>> Yep they will be paying.  I see what you mean and of course it's true in
>> terms of having a piece of paper as opposed to actually being able to do
>> this or that.
>>
>> Having said that, people over here also like the idea of things being
>> quantifiable, including certifications and suchlike.  So they're
>> investing in staff training, which I think is great.
> 
> Something that often gets overlooked in these discussions is that certain 
> contractors insist on certain certifications.  This is especially true of the 
> US government.   Several years ago I was competing with at least two Solaris 
> admins I knew were better qualified than me at that time.  Despite that, I 
> was chosen because I have a BS degree in Telecommunications and the other two 
> guys didn't have any degrees.  The contract required so many Bachelor degrees 
> so many Masters degrees and a couple three Phd's had to be on the project.
> 
> Go figger...
> 
> It's not just for governments either.  Several times in my career I've had to 
> sign a release so my employer could attach evidence of my "qualifications" to 
> a bid.  It may sound silly -- it does to me -- but that RHCE may someday make 
> the difference between your employer getting a contract or not.
> 
> --
> Stephen 
>