[BBLISA] RHCE vs. LPI/SuSE

[Sean Lutner]

I got a RHCE at the end of last year (employer paid for). I did it 
through a week long boot camp like test. The class itself was a bit 
boring, and we never covered anything I hadn't encountered in the past, 
but it was learning to do things the "Redhat" way that the class taught 
you.

The test was difficult in that it was tricky and did require some 
thought.  It seems more companies are now looking for linux certs, with 
RHCE being more prevalant. I fear that it's going to become the next 
MCSE.  Overall it was worthwhile, and if you have the time/money, it's 
not a bad way to spend both, imho.


On Apr 18, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Bob Keyes wrote:

> I've been working with Linux since 1992, but have no wallpaper to prove
> skill. Right now, I have the rare occurance of both enough money and 
> time
> to work on getting some sort of certification (as well as continuing 
> work
> towards my degree at Harvard Extention in the fall). The past five 
> years
> have seen me move from Slackware to Debian, but I am starting to 
> believe
> that I need to gain more Red Hat and/or SuSE experience to further 
> develop
> my career. From what I can see, Red Hat is more firmly entrenched in 
> the
> U.S., but with Novell's great Linux Push, I expect to see more SuSE in 
> the
> corporate environment. The fact that they're now headquartered on route
> 128 as opposed to being tarheels also helps ;)  -- But I am still not
> decided, or whether I should just say to hell with all that and go for 
> my
> CISSP.
>
> - Has anyone here done BOTH courses? If so, what are the differences?
>
> - Which is more valuable in the job market? Both locally, nationally, 
> and
> internationally? (I may be getting dual citizenship, allowing me to 
> work
> in the U.E., soon)
>
> - The LPI tests seem, from what little detail I can find, to be quite
> easy. I wish I'd had this in my mind, and know of the $25 tests, and
> actually decided on attending the Linux World when in was in Boston in
> February. How about the SuSE-specific tests, how are they?
>
>  - and more...just tell me what its like.
>
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