<opinion mode=noflame plea=pretty-please> BrainBench certs are worthless in the job market. Besides the tests being too easy to cheat, the exams are poorly thought out. According to them, I'm one of the top-fifty fastest typers in America (at least I was...so long ago) The unix admin test asked me what a user ID was. I passed with flying colors. Knowing what a UID is makes me a unix admin? We've had this discussion on isp-services. Brainbench is good for a laugh, but no company will hire you for it. I don't know that the $750 RedHat test is taken any more seriously, but at least it won't be as diluted as Brainbench because it's so expensive. <rant> Brainbench became as bad as MCSE, but in 1/10th of the time. I don't know anything about the redhat exam, but let me tell you what a good certification is not. For $1000 you can go to an MCSE boot camp, memorize the possible questions and answers, and statistically only have to take the test 2 or 3 times until you get 75% (or whatever) of the answers that you remembered. Congratulations, you're an MCSE/CCNA/A+ or whatever. You'll get hired as the head of IT because of your MCSE, but you won't know anything. Maybe this is why most NT systems suck so bad - nothing but the anti-clues running the show. You know that TCP/IP is that thingy you need to install to make your NT system talk to the internet, but you don't know that it's based on a 7-layer burrito...er...model. Subnet masks are always 255.255.255.0. Event Viewer is how you troubleshoot, etc. </rant> Again, I don't know how the redhat exam is put together, so I can't say whether it's worth the money or not. I'm sure you'll do very well, but don't expect to be able to whip out a Brainbench certificate during an interview and not get laughed at. You might as well buy a degree from the Diploma Spammer (once spammed, twice LARTed). </opinion> <fact> Some companies might pay for the test. Working down the hall from, and providing access to Ascolta and Techskills, I get quite a deal on tests and certs (if I only had the friggin time!). Many companies will pay for your training and certification, if it will make you more valuable to them. </fact> <sig (hey, I'm on a roll here...)> Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, grey Moon-Wolf wrote: > > --- Jamie Ostrowski <jamie at floyd.getsetnet.net> wrote: > > > > > > I was thinking about studying for the RHCE test. > > Has anyone here thought > > about studying, or have taken the test? > > I must admit I was shocked by the price to take > > the test. $749! I wonder > > how they justify charging so much to administer an > > exam. That seems > > somewhat ludicrous. I have been eating Maruchan > > Raman noodles for months > > now. That certification sounds good, but may take me > > several years to save > > up for that test! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Jamie, > Just go to brainbench.com... it's free... and it is > one tough nut for testing. But the certificates are real. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >