RedHat Cert

helix26

RHCT or RHCE certification does it still hold a credibility when they are so many different distros out their e.g (Suse,Knopix, Ubuntu .....etc ) as it only focuses on Red Hat only...or is it just a benchmarking criteria in the academic world ....

What value does it hold ?
How acceptable is it ?

Linux is based on Open source so why such a notion of credibility required ?
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RedHat Path

You sit for your RHCT ---> RHCE --->Qualified Linux Engineer.

New version release follow upgrade path RHCE (AS4)--->Upgrade (RHCT expired

lexeme

a load of shit and bollocks to me.

so the new guy comes in, and he's certified in RHEL, Solaris and has one of the windows ones to boot!

great! i thought.

alas, he had to be shown a lot of stuff, from ifconfig, route and dhcp clients to "cd -", the up arrow instead of `!!` and reverse searching through command history.

lots of other simple stuff also.

certification = very little.

looks good on your CV though, 'cause ironically enough, the H.R. people responsible for doing the hiring think it looks great!

helix26

lexeme wrote:

a load of shit and bollocks to me.

so the new guy comes in, and he's certified in RHEL, Solaris and has one of the windows ones to boot!

great! i thought.

alas, he had to be shown a lot of stuff, from ifconfig, route and dhcp clients to "cd -", the up arrow instead of `!!` and reverse searching through command history.

lots of other simple stuff also.

certification = very little.

looks good on your CV though, 'cause ironically enough, the H.R. people responsible for doing the hiring think it looks great!

I suppose the issue lie's during the recruiting process you don't get Tech's interviewing the new joiners instead someone with only 15% to 20% knowledge of ICT comes in trying to judge the jobseeker

and if the jobseeker is chicky enough to put a good sales pitch to sell him/her self they make it through with Certs and no experience and NO knowledge or foundation !!, I’ve come across few and honestly they pi** me off ....

But on the other hand it's a good idea to have a few pieces of paper when you have some background experience and you are out their in the market...

valen

It's a cert. It's as valuable as your leaving cert, college diploma - i.e. it's worth something if someone wants it.

In most government jobs, it can mean a straight pay rise. In companies where engineers aren't very visible, it's a big plus, as you stand out. If you don't have a huge amount of experience, it can really make a difference. A co-worker from Brazil applied for a job in Zurich, and the only reason she was given the visa to work was that she had a RedHat cert, which was rare in Switzerland.

Beware of people that tell you it's worthless. It's not; the fact that people with certs can be crap does not mean all people with certs are crap.

That said, I wouldn't bother with it myself - but then, I've enough on a CV that a cert would just look strange.

John