Technical Certifications are essentially meaningless. The only one which has ever really meant _anything_ is the CCIE.
However, that is outside their true use in the life of administration. Technical people can gauge other technical people moderately well, or at least can know when someone else knows more than them. Outside of tech, its very difficult for an executive to gauge the skillset of a candidate. To an executive, a piece of paper is more valuable in determining a job candidate's skillset, plain and simple.
Not to mention, many consulting firms have clients which look for buzzwords. If you have no idea on how to make a choice between 2 consulting firms, and one is offering certified engineers, why wouldn't you pick that firm?
And if you're the same executive, sometimes performance based reviews are difficult to manage. A quick and easy "Hey Johnny, if you get your MCSE/RHCE/CCNP you'll get a 15% raise!" does just nicely.
The value of the certification goes beyond what it means to the typical slashdot reader.
Actually, its MCSE.
Not a huge difference, but still different. Either way, I don't think any judge would ever find "RedHat Certified Engineer" similar to "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer." Seems a bit of a stretch.
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I kid you not, these things exist. I learned all about them in grad school.
TPS = Transaction Processing System, and TPS reports are a produced from them with many various options, interpretations, and meanings.
RHCE's are required to recertify after 2 releases. RHCE's on RedHat 8.0 will need to recertify after 10. I believe that is correct.
However, that is outside their true use in the life of administration. Technical people can gauge other technical people moderately well, or at least can know when someone else knows more than them. Outside of tech, its very difficult for an executive to gauge the skillset of a candidate. To an executive, a piece of paper is more valuable in determining a job candidate's skillset, plain and simple.
Not to mention, many consulting firms have clients which look for buzzwords. If you have no idea on how to make a choice between 2 consulting firms, and one is offering certified engineers, why wouldn't you pick that firm?
And if you're the same executive, sometimes performance based reviews are difficult to manage. A quick and easy "Hey Johnny, if you get your MCSE/RHCE/CCNP you'll get a 15% raise!" does just nicely.
The value of the certification goes beyond what it means to the typical slashdot reader.
Actually, its MCSE. Not a huge difference, but still different. Either way, I don't think any judge would ever find "RedHat Certified Engineer" similar to "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer." Seems a bit of a stretch.