Re: OpenVMS Certifications

From: Mike Naime (mnaime_at_kc.rr.com)
Date: 01/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:26:24 -0600

Certifiable? Yes!!
Certified? No!

Fabio Cardoso <fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.br> wrote in message
news:f30679fb.0401070807.373e602b@posting.google.com...
> How many guys here are certified ? Is is worthing ?
>
> I think I can get certified in the System Administration (Basic)
> but the other Adv. Certification ... I doubt !
>
> a) I never worked/installed OpenVMS Clusters (just with standalone
servers);
>
> b) I never worked with HSG80;
>
> c) I never worked with Galaxy;
>
> d) I never worked with FastPath;
>
> e) I didn have the Internals Course (there isnt in S.America)

The above description sounds a lot like me back in 00' before starting my
present position. Now I work with multiple 2-node clusters using SAN
storage. I am THE SAN goto person. It's all a matter of what a particular
company is willing to train a person on. Clustering and SAN is not
difficult to learn. Actually SAN technology makes clustering easier to
understand and implement!

My managers/director do not expect an experienced VMS person to have had SAN
experience. We have picked up some great assets with no SAN experience. CI
yes, but not SAN. (They did have internals experience)

>
> So it is becoming complicated to survive !
>
> Regards
>
> FC

Good Luck!

Mike

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