[SunRescue] OT: Advice on Certification

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Ahh yes, however how many are familiar with what "Class C" actually means,
rather than the common misconception that it means "/24" or 255 ips, or
any number of other ways to say it? <grin>
	Nick

On Fri, 4 May 2001, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> > I _want_ my next job to be much more involved with 'unix' so my question is
> > .. how important ARE credentials to the people doing hiring for unix admins?
> > 
> > I'm going to take the tests (but I don't *like* tests) I'm just looking for
> > .. encouragement?  Someone to give me a kind word? (did I say I don't like
> > tests?)
> 
> Brian-
> 
> As a former IT manager, I never based my criteria on certificates.  I
> talked to the person for 5 minutes to see if they knew their shit, then
> spent the rest of the interview seeing if I could trust them and liked
> them.
> 
> The best hire I ever made was an ex-marine, no college, who was an
> absolute whiz at networking.  I decided to hire him when he said "fuck"
> during the phone interview.  He was so comfortable with me that he forgot
> it was an interview.  He took my place when I left the company. :-)
> 
> I know that I'm unusual, but there are more like me out there - I've
> worked for 'em and with 'em.
> 
> My advice: Only talk about what you know.  Put on your resume stuff you
> can handle, not stuff you saw mentioned once in a book. (like the idiot I
> interviewed who had a cert. in TCP/IP networking, and didn't know what a
> class C was....)
> 
> Show them that you know what you know, you'll lern what you don't, and
> that you can be trusted.
> 
> -Pete Wargo
> 
> 
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