Linux Certification

[Leo Mauler]

Which testing packages were you going to use?  I
haven't explored that area of Linux distro packaging.


--- Jack <quiet_celt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Leo Mauler wrote:
> > Don't know much about this being a good way to
> find
> > out about prospective employees.  Some of us are
> > very
> > good at bluffing: about four years ago I had never
> > touched Microsoft Excel, and yet I scored 88% on
> the
> > test for it for some temp agency.
> > 
> If you scored 88% on a programming test, I certainly
> wouldn't hire you. That would mean that someone
> would
> have to fix more than 10% of your code. Not an
> exciting 
> prospect. But I was actually referring to tests that
> I
> would create using test building software that comes
> 
> free with Linux. I think tests should be created 
> specifically for the needs of the company doing
> the hiring. I haven't been to any of the "prove it" 
> test sites. Certainly, they are no magic bullet. But
> a
> 
> certificate only says you studied some book, or took
> a
> course and then took a test and can be relied upon
> to 
> perform any task identical to the test. 
> 
> Of course the performance tests are better than
> this. 
> 
> Multiple choice tests are the worst measure.
>  
> 
> Brian D.
> 
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