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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Fri, 24 Dec 1999 20:58:18 GMT
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On Fri, 24 Dec 1999 04:13:21 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
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> Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> anyway, so I think I'll be getting the MCDBA first. 2 Exams to go
> for that - Admin and Design/Implementation.
This is the part where I scream in horror and recoil violently.
Adminning MS is bad enough, but MS databases... Are you _sure_ you
want to go that way?
> governmental educational institution, I don't know. I'm sure if our
> legal dept could have crafted some sort of "we train you, you stay
> here for 2 years or pay us back and we don't have to increase your
> salary by a dime" contract they would have.
They probably haven't thought of it - I know of other university
admins who get those clauses for their training.
>
> Along those lines, the joke around the IT depts on campus is the
> fact that, by state _law_, when a secretary passes the CPS exam, he
> or she automatically gets a 9% raise. All they have to do is file a
> form and bam! it happens. No such provisions for professional
> certification in the IT world (for state employees anyway), nor will
> there ever be.
I would say there's not much incentive for the employer to send their
secretaries on certification, given that most certs don't really teach
you anything practical.
> Not that I would care - 9% won't quite cut it for me at my current
> rate anyway. :)
Better'n what you have now..
> > Heh. My "simple calculator" (Casio fx-115s) does binary, IIRC. Not
> > that I ever use it. Or that calculator, for that matter. wonder where
>
> This calculator is literally the size of a credit card. :) Solar
> powered too. Cheap, but then again, the testing centers don't make
> squat from that part of the business anyway.
Oh, right. Those ones where you feel lucky they do sqrt();.
> Yeah, yeah, yeah. I passed the exam in a little room all by myself.
> Should I ever need to design or expand part of our network, I'm sure
> I'll be able to reach for a table to help me keep things in
> perspective.
Don't worry, a bit of experience in IP and you won't need one. Just a
massive flowchart detailing logical network design, and one detailing
the real physical design.
> Well, I'll leave the projection system for when we settle down and
> buy a house. But I have a DVD player in my laptop. :) And it does
> output DD 5.1. :)
It does? I need to get me some cash, I think.
Jasper
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