From: Sascha Wehnert (Sascha.Wehnert_at_torexretail.de)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2006 - 10:33:21 CET
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:33:21 +0100 Message-ID: <817FE196EA011E4D9F81937BB246EC892DF942@EX09-08-Z021.torexretail.de> From: "Sascha Wehnert" <Sascha.Wehnert@torexretail.de> Subject: AW: [suse-sles-e] SLES9 Certification
Hi Ruben,
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Silviu Marin-Caea [mailto:silviu_marin-caea@fieldinsights.ro]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. November 2006 07:58
> An: suse-sles-e@suse.com
> Betreff: Re: [suse-sles-e] SLES9 Certification
>
> On Wednesday 29 November 2006 14:17, Ruben Laban wrote:
>
> > - A self study bundle also by Novell. I haven't been able to find any
> > reviews on this bundle though. My bosses are afraid it's as 'bad' as the
> > single book mentioned above. However, I have no ways to convince them
> > otherwise or tell them they're right for that matter.
>
> The self study guide is, AFAIK, the same material used in the instructor-
> led
> courses from Novell.
>
> I think it's pretty good stuff. Among other things, I used to deliver
> SUSE
> training courses before my current job. I even got a Novell instructor
> certification for SLES, but I didn't make much use of it, because I
> "upgraded
> my employer" :-)
>
> I don't know anything about the book you mention, so I can't make any
> comparison.
>
> OTOH, I'd recommend attending an instructor-led course, it's much more
> efficient than self-study. If only for the fact that you go there and
> focus
> on learning that stuff, typing&clicking instead of trying to take bits of
> time off from your usual day-to-day tasks. And you have someone that can
> answer questions.
I second that. The self study material gives enough information on topics that might be covered in the exam but if you have questions that are slightly beside the topic an instructor might be very helpful.
BTW: If your people don't have already Linux skills you should consider to have them LPI certified first.
Have a look at the objectives for LPIC 1 and LPIC2 at:
http://lpi.org/en/lpi/english/certification/the_lpic_program
regards,
Sascha
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