[olug] Red hat cert

[Jacobs, Robert A.]

>From: Jonathan Warren [mailto:thechunk at cox.net]

>admins.  Personnally I don't value certs too much so I don't 
>care about that.  

We can thank the flood of ill-prepared MCSEs for devaluing most 
cert programs, I think.  There are plenty of well-qualified
MCSEs (probably some on this list) but so many MCSEs were just
people with a casual interest in computing who heard that getting
their MCSE was the path to big bucks.

That having been said, there IS a value to certs that I can see:
it can get you past Human Resources when applying for a job.
It is a checkmark in a box that says you've taken the time to 
study the material and know it well enough to pass a test i.e. 
you are familiar with the topic.

Once you get past HR your experience, skills, etc. are what gets
you hired. 

rob