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BSD Certifications Coming Soon
hugo_pt writes "The BSD Certification Group was formed in January, 2005 to create a BSD certification program that is recognized as the industry standard for administering BSD systems. The resulting certification process will provide a measure of excellence in both understanding and the ability to perform complex administrative tasks on BSD systems. 2005 will prove an exciting year as the BSD Certification Group develops certification level(s) and testing methodologies. Stay up-to-date regarding the latest developments by joining the public Mailing List. This initiative will prove very important for BSD administrators, as right now, companies don't have any way of knowning if a person is an experienced BSD administrator."
The scary part is alot of companys do reguire a stupid bit of paper to say "Blah can do blah".'Whilst it wont help you against someone with name recognition ,where it may help is in letting the company choose you over say johnathn Doe , Plus never forget that this can be a good starting point for people new to the industry or letting some windows admins in a small firm get the certs and persuade the boss to switch over
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
please. as though a piece of paper is going to tell them that.
It might be of more value to actually get some attention from employment agencies.
I have had some cool interviews where I was quized by some real propellor-heads with pages of scenarios with questions. Have them admit to me that I almost did not even get an interview because I had NO certs, but they were interested in some old obscure system experience on my resume. Then at the end of the interview be told that I raised interesting points on almost every question which nobody else had and that I was the only person to answer all the questions to their satisfaction.
I think slowly companies are noticing that many certifications are of little to no value to them. The certs are only good if you want to be assured of getting an interview with a company with a poor IT team and management or otherwise get past employment agencies.
Well planned interviews, conducted by people who know their stuff and can see bullshit a mile away, are much more valuable than some paid for endorsement from a money hungry company which just wants to bolster their support base and turn it around from an expense to a money making machine.
I'm intrigued. When are security and stability ever not deciding factors?
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I don't want to hire anyone who would put up with bullshit.
Why should I hire a professinal admin who never took the time to get a certification?
Perhaps he was doing his job while the dilettantes were off playing paper-chase. Every hour spent chasing paper is one not spent learning something new, or developing new skills.
To invert your question, why should I hire someone who couldn't think of anything better to do with their time and money (or that of a previous employer) than getting a piece of paper to say what should be said more thoroughly and more convincingly by their references?
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I don't want to hire anyone who would put up with bullshit.
In all likelihood your business is drowning in bullshit. You will need someone who can operate in that environment.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!