[nylug-talk] career advice

[Michael Bacarella]

> Its hard to give advice on certs in the linux world.  While in more
> closed vendor environments they definetely give you credability (cisco
> and juniper certs guarantee you know something about their respective
> equipment) I've rarely met unix admins with certs of any kind.  There
> was a move towards people getting redhat certs when they were the only
> linux certs, and some jobs I've seen do ask for them.  Its an open
> question, however, what cert will be useful in a few years.

The idea of certifying someone to use a computer is probably like
certifying someone to write poetry.
            
-M