[Leaplist] LPIC is it relative and needed?

[Russ Sanderlin]

RHCE is definitely more valuable. When I got my RHCT here at work they
practically threw me a celebration. They have no clue with LPI is.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb at zonker.net>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Kevin Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org> wrote:
> >
> > What are professionals thoughts ob obtaining LPI certification?
>
> I have LPIC level 1. It's not as in-demand as other more specific
> certs, but I think it's seen as valuable by employers.
>
> > Working on RHCE I would think that's more valuable.
>
> More recruiters and employers are likely to specifically target RHCE
> or vendor-specific certs when they're looking for skills related to
> RHEL or SLES (not so much RHCE for SLES, but Novell certs...) but they
> also tend to be much more expensive than LPI certs.
>
> If someone is just starting out, I might suggest LPI first to get a
> foot in the door with a junior role and let the employer help get the
> vendor-specific training & certs related to the specific environment.
> If you have some experience under your belt already, then I'd suggest
> getting more specific.
>
> Best,
>
> Zonker
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