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O'Reilly Opens Online Tech School

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the exams-are-today-and-you-didn't-study dept.

bl8n8r writes "The popular book author has started the O'Reilly School of Technology which offers online training and certification. "The O'Reilly School of Technology and the University of Illinois have partnered to offer Certificates of Professional Development in information technology and related skills." Among classes offered are Linux/Unix administration, Open Source coding, Java coding, C Programming and others."

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  1. CEU? Why not for credit? by garcia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd rather find a community college offering similar courses for credit rather than CEU. At least then I would have less of a chance of it not transferring. Too many poorly accredited institutions are out there today offering CEU courses which probably wouldn't transfer anywhere else anyway because they weren't taken for actual credit.

  2. Developer Certs v. Code Samples by WED+Fan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As a mid-level manager, I have yet to hire anyone with a certificate. We do hire people with proven skills. Prospective developers are given a few problems to solve to see how they solve it.

    I did work for a company that hired only those with certificates. Not too many skilled there.

    The problem with certificate schools is that state and federal job training agencies send out-of-work truck drivers, ex-cons, the chronically under-employeed to get trained in networking, programming, or project management. Then, there are the certificate schools that are just scams.

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    1. Re:Developer Certs v. Code Samples by cyber-vandal · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How does a person who wants to get into IT but has no experience get into IT?