Re: Certification choices

[Robert Threet <rthreet@yahoo.com>]

Personally, RHCE.  But for employment, Solaris certification because
Enterprise IT directors pigeon hole a Linux guy *way* differently
than an AIX, HP-UX or Solaris guy.  CCNA would be a good one too.  If
I was desperate and wouldn't or couldn't move, MSCE {shudder the
thought!}.

--- Stephen D Reindl <sreindl@apci.net> wrote:
> If you could receive one of the following certifications free of
> charge,
> and you had no job, and you were looking to make the most money
> possible
> just by acquiring a certification, which would you chose and why?
> 
> Cisco CCNA
> Cisco CCNP
> MCSE Windows 2000
> Linux +
> Linux Certified Administrator
> Unix
> Unix Level 1
> Network +
> Security +
> AA in computer networking technology
> 
> You have no income so you need certification fast to upgrade your
> resume. You have a mechanical background with some practical
> experience
> but no real world experience in computer administration.
> 
> I don't want or need jokes or flames. This is my real world
> predicament
> and I'm looking for valid advice from those people who are actually
> working in this field. The AA is from Ranken and is a 72 week
> course.
> The rest are from either ATAI, Techskils, or New Horizons and all
> are
> from 4 to 12 weeks in duration. It will be paid for by National
> Emergency Grant money authorized by congress to help retrain those
> of us
> (airline employees) who have been screwed by 9/11, the SARS
> epidemic and
> a contrived War for Oil in Iraq, oh that's right it wasn't oil we
> went
> there for it was WMD. (Sorry! very heavy sarcasm)
> 
> If I haven't pissed you off, suggestions?  
> 
> -- 
> Stephen D Reindl <sreindl@apci.net>
> RLLNW/PRS 
> 

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