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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 03:28:18 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
Well, there will actually be 4 new tests and I'm anticipating it

Well, yeah. Though it might have been $50/test, I'm not actually sure.

I wish.  I may end up paying for some of these myself - $50 would be
a lot nicer than $100.

being quite a bit more difficult than the NT4 tests were.  The
Active Directory stuff alone is supposed to be a real bear.  4 new
tests for me, as an MCSE.  7 (instead of 6) for someone just
starting out.

MCSE always was 7 tests, since realistically you want +I added as well
;)

Actually, MCSE+I is 9 exams.  So I'll have 3 more to go. :(  Only
one after that to MCDBA, tho.

training.  Nor would I have agreed to one unless they had been
willing to commit to a specific raise amount.  That's how things
work in the real world, I've been told.

Not what I've heard, but employers and neighbourhoods vary.

Really?  Everyone I've spoken to, either on the employee getting the
training side or the manager/employer paying for it says the norm is
to a) require a commitment from the employee to stay and b) a
commitment from the employer to raise the employee's compensation in
some way.

Some might call me ruthless or ungrateful, but I've been underpaid
for at least 2 years (without the training) for other reasons.  This

Tempus fugit, doesn't it?

It sure does.

is, I'm told, still an employee-friendly job market.  No reason for
To say the least.

Yep, and that's why I'm feeling nothing but good about finishing
this cert and starting to look into my options.

Passed TCP/IP today.  733 required - I got 900.  Mainly subnetting
Out of 1k, right?

Yup.

that tripped me up, but in reality you don't subnet your 10,000 node
network in 60 seconds without the benefit of a calculator and a
chart, so I'm not upset.

I thought you were allowed pen and paper, and possibly even a
calculator in the exam?

Pen and wipe board, and a simple calculator.  Not the most useful
thing for binary.  Then again, I'm not too concerned about keeping
all the subnetting tables in my head.  If there is one thing I
brought to my current profession from my former classical studies
it's a concern more for how to do things and where to find the facts
I need, rather than to commit every single one of them to memory. :)

Man, sitting here right now tapping on my laptop stinks, but I wired
the phone jack in my computer room for the 2nd line in anticipation
of getting my ISDN setup tomorrow.  Sitting in the recliner is cool,
but I still need a decent mouse substitute and just a wee bit larger
keyboard...

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  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) Really? My memory must be failing. Old age or something. (...) Uhm, exactly. I thought you were saying otherwise, so that was a bit of a misunderstanding. Actually, a) happens 100% as far as I can see, but b) is rarer. (...) Heh. My "simple (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) Well, my consulting partner and I have decided to split up certs anyway, so I think I'll be getting the MCDBA first. 2 Exams to go for that - Admin and Design/Implementation. (...) Yeah, _everyone_ in my classes earlier this year was amazed (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
 
(...) Well, yeah. Though it might have been $50/test, I'm not actually sure. (...) MCSE always was 7 tests, since realistically you want +I added as well ;) (...) Not what I've heard, but employers and neighbourhoods vary. (...) Tempus fugit, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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