Re: How to become a System Administrator?

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:48:15 +0200


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Dave Hinz <davehinz@spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:36:28 -0500, David Douthitt <ddouthitt@cuna.coop> wrote:
> >
> > "New Guy" <kshop@adnohr.net> wrote in message
> > news:2e50789c.0404021210.48086442@posting.google.com...
> >
> >> What is the best curriculum that you suggest so I can best prepared?
> >
> > My recommendation is to get certified. I would recommend becoming Solaris
> > and Red Hat Certified, since those two operating systems comprise the
> > greatest number of UNIX and Linux installations respectively.

> Well, that'll get you past the HR folks, but once you get into the
> interview with the techie person, certifications don't mean all that
> much. The RHCE is a very complete test, but even still it's more book
> learning than it is a test of how good of a sysadmin you'll be.

You did take the exam? It' AFAIR about 1 hour multiple choice,
you might be able to learn and then 5-6 hours of real world lab
tests on a system. Most people failed miserable, they didn't have
the required experience.

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