[clue-cert] [Fwd: Re: [SAGE] LPI Certification]

[David L. Anselmi]

This seemed apropos.  Anyone ever heard of this "maddog" guy?
;-)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [SAGE] LPI Certification
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:53:29 -0400
From: Jon maddog Hall <maddog at li.org>
To: Aaron Bridge <abridge at hqtrs.com>
CC: sage-members at sage.org
References: <001001c5bee1$15d1b0b0$7a01a8c0 at hqtrs.com>

Aaron,

> I have been looking into the LPI certifications and was wandering if anyone
> had any input.  Is that cert well recognized.  Would my money be better spent
> on other training...etc? 

Please do not confuse LPI Certification with "training". LPI 
specifically isolated itself from training in order to allow people to 
spend their money in whatever methods of training they wished to use in 
obtaining the knowledge necessary to be a good Linux Systems 
Administrator, whether that training method be lecture-lab, textbook, 
CD-ROM, or just the "school of hard knocks". Once you have the 
knowledge, you take the qualifying tests.

The "objectives" of each LPI level are to act both as a guide to the 
information that you need to be at that level, and as an indicator to 
the areas that LPI will be testing you on.  Therefore course developers 
can generate information on those areas, and students can make sure that 
they have knowledge of those areas before they take the exams.

So it should not be a question of whether you "spend your money on other
training"....instead, you should ask yourself if LPI is a good 
certification for the area that you wish to enter.  If that area is 
specifically Linux Systems Administration, I think that LPI is one of 
the best "price/performance" certifications around.

md
-- 
Jon "maddog" Hall
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