I first saw the ads for Linuxgruven in October of last year and have to admit, I too thought the offer sounded too good to be true. During the inital interview, I was told that all I really had to do to become an employee and make $45,000 per year was get Linux certified. I was informed of the complany's training options and was again told the training was not a requirement for employment. I did opt to take the training course and completed it at the end of November. The training was helpful but, as I was informed by the instructor, study out side class was required to pass the Sair exams. I have heard many people complain about training saying "I took the training and failed the tests". Well, this isn't High School. Linuxgruven will not spoon feed the answers for the tests to you. You have to want to learn the material and be willing to seek out more information on your own. Research is a HUGE part of being a Linux Administrator. Anyone who thinks they could possibly learn the entire Linux operating system in a couple weeks obviously knows nothing about Linux. I began taking the Sair tests the week after training and after three weeks of studying and testing, I became Sair certified. I contacted Linuxgruven and began working within two weeks. This company has done everything it said it was going to do.
I do not know of anyone who is Linux certified that has been refused employment.
Feel free to contact me at ghart@linuxgruven.com
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I first saw the ads for Linuxgruven in October of last year and have to admit, I too thought the offer sounded too good to be true. During the inital interview, I was told that all I really had to do to become an employee and make $45,000 per year was get Linux certified. I was informed of the complany's training options and was again told the training was not a requirement for employment. I did opt to take the training course and completed it at the end of November. The training was helpful but, as I was informed by the instructor, study out side class was required to pass the Sair exams. I have heard many people complain about training saying "I took the training and failed the tests". Well, this isn't High School. Linuxgruven will not spoon feed the answers for the tests to you. You have to want to learn the material and be willing to seek out more information on your own. Research is a HUGE part of being a Linux Administrator. Anyone who thinks they could possibly learn the entire Linux operating system in a couple weeks obviously knows nothing about Linux. I began taking the Sair tests the week after training and after three weeks of studying and testing, I became Sair certified. I contacted Linuxgruven and began working within two weeks. This company has done everything it said it was going to do. I do not know of anyone who is Linux certified that has been refused employment. Feel free to contact me at ghart@linuxgruven.com