[Leaplist] Linux Industry Certs... good idea?

[Phil Barnett]

On Saturday 19 January 2008 12:15:19 pm Rafael Estrada wrote:
> Hey folks, I was wondering if getting a Linux cert is a good idea. At the
> place where I currently work they have offered me to pay for books and the
> tests for whatever industry certification i would choose to obtain. I
> currently have an A+ and Net+ cert, and these certifications have helped me
> land on good jobs. However I know that the linux cert (at least the comptia
> one) is pretty knew so idk if it would be a good cert to obtain or if
> employers in the Unix industry actually see it has a relevant cert.
> What my employer told me is that I should obtain a new cert every 6 moths
> while I work with them, and all of that would be payed for them.
> So can anyone give me their opinion on what certifications would be good if
> I want to build a good Linux certification track? Or if all those certs are
> just a bunch of BS and i should just focus on getting something else like a
> security+ cert or a programming cert. Right now I am going through college
> pursuing a CS degree, but they want me to get certifications  at work
> anyway so i can move up in their  corporate ladder i guess :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rafael Estrada

In these days of automated Resume handling, it's all about the buzz words. Get 
as many certs as you can. It gets you past the robot reading the resumes.