On Friday 22 August 2008 5:48 am, Johan Booysen wrote: > Yep they will be paying. I see what you mean and of course it's true in > terms of having a piece of paper as opposed to actually being able to do > this or that. > > Having said that, people over here also like the idea of things being > quantifiable, including certifications and suchlike. So they're > investing in staff training, which I think is great. Something that often gets overlooked in these discussions is that certain contractors insist on certain certifications. This is especially true of the US government. Several years ago I was competing with at least two Solaris admins I knew were better qualified than me at that time. Despite that, I was chosen because I have a BS degree in Telecommunications and the other two guys didn't have any degrees. The contract required so many Bachelor degrees so many Masters degrees and a couple three Phd's had to be on the project. Go figger... It's not just for governments either. Several times in my career I've had to sign a release so my employer could attach evidence of my "qualifications" to a bid. It may sound silly -- it does to me -- but that RHCE may someday make the difference between your employer getting a contract or not. -- Stephen -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
