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First Red Hat Academy for High School

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-school dept.

FrankBama writes "As a follow-up to the story of a few days ago, Red Hat has started a program in my old hometown. The story's at the News & Record. I love this part '...this training normally would cost more than $10,000. But Weaver students can get Red Hat certification free -- and use it get a job paying more than $30,000 a year right out of high school.'"

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  1. Linux? by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 1, Troll

    I have to wonder if this is good news overall for the Linux community.

    Many students spend well over $100,000 on a 4 yr college education and then graduate without Jobs. Do we really want college kids competing with HS grads for the same mid to upper-salary jobs in the $30-35K range?

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