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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Anti-FOSS Lunacy (was Re: Another FOSS Gem) Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 09:03:03 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 27 Message-ID: <v2vbu7$3dfd8$7@dont-email.me> References: <17d05e981fe6d8d5$29125$542956$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <v28pv7$2e0sb$1@dont-email.me> <6647f2ff$0$7053$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <v2a8s2$2pqal$2@dont-email.me> <6648a71e$0$6438$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <v2ccdn$39nup$1@dont-email.me> <v2k2ts$125gv$1@dont-email.me> <6650cabc$0$7540$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <lbca5tFk89cU4@mid.individual.net> <hvs15jhdijholho12ejhsbt6amjvie817s@4ax.com> <lbcda7Fl4fhU1@mid.individual.net> <v2smb0$2sg74$1@dont-email.me> <lbf6h0F38i3U1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 15:03:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="998595419033cbc9fef1cd7217207144"; logging-data="3587496"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19pD4i5iqs+QzVdoVxddQP5" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:N42TjLDEGy8Q846bCP/oOkD8REk= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA Bytes: 2412 rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Sat, 25 May 2024 08:42:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> I got the LPIC certification years ago. It was a lot of command-line >> admin stuff, some of it out-of-date. > > Did it do anything for you professionally? Nothing except giving me some free training and billable time taking the test. And time doing something that was fun for me. > I imagine the expensive Microsoft wallpaper helped if you worked for large > companies but I was never sure about Linux or other certification programs. The company paid for training, surprisingly. > I've always worked for small ( < 200) companies that were casual about > formalities. You could either do the job or you were looking for a new > one. Heh, I was basically on the same team for a couple decades, moving through a couple of buy-outs. -- Conscience doth make cowards of us all. -- Shakespeare