[wellylug] Relevant qualifications for Linux Administration. (Was: follow-up on job-ad-question ...)
Mark Foster
blakjak at blakjak.net
Sat Feb 11 14:22:09 NZDT 2006
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Jethro carr wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 12:26 +1300, Centurion Computer Technology (2005)
> Ltd wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> So what should be considered as relevant qualifications for a linux
>> administrator/systems specialist (or whatever fancy name you want to
>> give that role)?
>
>
> I'd say that any of the following are some good starters:
>
> - RHCE or RHCT
>
> - LPI (level2?)
>
> - Whatever Novel/SuSe is currently offering.
>
The important thing I would suggest is not to lock out people who don't
have those bits of paper.
Some of the most clooful systems admins I know do not hold any of the
above. Its actually quite hard to get training in Linux Administration,
outside of the above theres very little available, and it is therefore the
kind of thing which is usually done _after_ someone's left school and done
some tertiary study. (Be it a Polytech IT course, A+/N+, CCNx or whatever.
Theres an assumption when you start RHCE that you have a level of
knowledge that is much higher than your average school leaver, so
something has to sit in the middle.)
Aka my point is that theres people out there with the right skill sets,
lacking the formal quals - make sure they are at least given opportunity
to try out. You dont know what you'll be missing otherwise.
Mark.
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