<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Um, ok. When another Linux vendor has a certificate that's looked for by employers and recruiters, I'd be happy to talk about its value. But the sad fact is that I very rarely see job postings that ask for LPI. And when I do, typically its Couched as RHCE or LPI level whatever.</div><div><br></div><div>The value of a personnel certification from the employer perspective is its ability to identify people that are a probably a good match for your job. From a certificate holders perspective, it helps you identify yourself as someone perspective employers are interested in talking to. If a certificate doesn't act like this, it's not worth holding. IMO.</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><div><br>On Feb 26, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Jeff Hubbs <<a href="mailto:jhubbslist@att.net">jhubbslist@att.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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the case, the reason we got away from Microsoft in the first place
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<p dir="ltr">any of you have your LPIC-2 (or 3) or equivalent
level Linux certs? any of the Novell or Oracle ones fun? </p>
<p dir="ltr">if so, was it worth pursuing? the LPIC-1 was a
joke but from what I've heard of 2 and 3, it's a lot more
kernel hacking than admin stuff. tho the one guy I know with
3 is a Debian maintainer :-P </p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity,
spelling, and punctuation. </p>
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