Petrus <petr...@tpg.com.au> writes: > Although I am primarily doing so for personal, rather than economic > reasons, I did want to ask whether or not it possibly *would* add to a > resume, in the opinions of people here.
What you should ask yourself instead is "can it possibly hurt?" > So I wanted to ask; how possible is it still, to become gainfully > employed as a BSD administrator? Once I have the BSD certification, > will it be necessary to concede to reality, and also seek > certification in Linux as well? It is undoubtedly much easier to get a Linux job than a BSD job, unless you are willing to relocate to where the BSD jobs are. > I have long considered that idea, but the problem is that Linux > training generally costs a minimum of $2,000, and I do not have that > type of money available. I got LPIC-1 without any training, after only a few months of using Linux. There is a lot of overlap with FreeBSD and other Unices. The exam itself costs $173 at any Pearson VUE location. The BSDA exam costs $75 and is usually given at F/OSS conferences and user group meetings. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
