Re: Is there any advantage completing SCSA and/ or SCNA?

From: Andrew Mueller (amueller007_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/26/03 

Date: 26 Jun 2003 13:50:53 -0700

ulagappan@hotmail.com (ulagappan) wrote in message news:<a3709188.0306250914.47980d40@posting.google.com>...
> Is there any advantage completing SCSA and/ or SCNA?
>
> These certifications are valid only for 2 years
> Sun don't allow to use any sort of logo for the completion of
> certification
> Sun also do not publically list the certified people directory
>
> Having all these in this down-turn market, does it useful to have
> these certifications?
>
> PS: I am not talking about the importance of experience. Just
> importance of certification for fresher or experienced.
>
> Please express your comments or experience.

Many people I worked with scoffed at me studying for my SCSA, since I
had 8+ years admin exp. back when I took the test. Times were good
back then. Now that the job market is much tighter, I'm glad I have
it. Given 2 employees with similiar skill sets and experience, I'd
hire the applicant who took the time and effort to get certified by
SUN. (that's the line you'll get from HR)

SUN may say the certifications are only "valid" for 2 years, but if
you're SCSA for Solaris 8, any shop running Solaris 8 will accept it
(well, acknowledge it) and won't really care if you've had it for 18
months or 36 months.

Just my $0.02.

Andrew Mueller, SCSA RHCT

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