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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Mon, 27 Dec 1999 04:18:18 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> That's one line of reasoning. Given the tales of woe I've been hearing
> from sysadmins all over the world, though, anyone with half a clue
> tries to move to unix adminning as soon as humanly possible. You've
> certainly got the necessary clues, so I expect you'll be doing Unix
> instead of MS in at most 10 years.
Maybe. I doubt I'll be doing Unix stuff at my current employer,
though. Our main Unix systems seem to be held together with chewing
gum, lots of hope, and a ton of money. I'm trying to learn what I
can on my own, but there's only so much time in the day... I guess
I could put Solaris on a PC at home and do some more, though...
> The big problem with MS certs, as told to me, is that they want you to
> learn to do things the MS way. Which usually differs subtly but
> significantly from what's in the RFCs.
Yup. Not so good in large multiplatform environments (like the one
I work in now) but not much of an issue in single platform
locations, I would imagine.
> > They have thought of it. We've heard talk of "they're working on
> > making this commitment-based" for about a year now - still nothing.
>
> In that case, their legal department is jnust weird.
Weird isn't the word I would choose, but since I have no idea who
might be reading this I'll leave it at that...
> > Not sure about the "anything practical" side, mainly because I've
> > been completely self-taught until I started working on this, and
> > I've still managed to _learn_ quite a bit in my certification
> > process. 'Course, I had a foundation on which to build.
>
> That helps. A lot.
Believe me, I know. About 1/3 of any given class I was in were
students who thought that they would make the magic leap from jobs
like hardware salesman or jeans maker (Levi factory closed down) to
system administrator just by taking a few classes, passing a few
exams, and playing with a cheap PC or two at home. I think most of
those "paper" MCSE's end up being very disappointed. 'Course, they
muck things up for competent people like me as well, leaving a bad
taste in employers'/recruiters' mouths. Then again, I have a friend
who went from being a retail store manager who only ever used his
computer for games to taking all the MCSE classes and passing the
exams (after a few tries) to an interview that he breezed through to
talk himself into a sysadmin job that pays almost double what I
make. In the year+ he's been doing that he's learned a heckuva lot
- OJT, don't you know.
> > Heh, true. Still, 1.09xCrap is still Crap. :)
>
> No, it's crap times 1.09, which means .09 * crap extra to spend ;)
:)
> So, when you buy that house, will you install an AGA?
What's an AGA?
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