The problem with simply going to classes is you don't get real work experience, which is what potential employers are looking for. It's a catch-22, how do you get experience if an employer won't hire you because you don't have any? My brother ran into this same issue. He took a 6 or 8 month course at the U of MN which taught Oracle database stuff and client->server programming using VB and some other languages. VB programmer jobs are a dime a dozen, but he couldn't get one because he didn't have any real work experience. Getting a linux sys admin or network job is likely going to be much harder, chances are you won't be able to start off doing what you want to do. Many people end up getting help desk jobs and working their way up either by proving themselves within the organization, or by switching to a better job after getting some experience. You could try getting some consulting work on your own to gain experience, but actually finding consulting work is time consuming. Most of the time, the consulting work finds you, and without much experience, this is unlikely to happen. Consulting agencies don't want to hire anyone that doesn't have experience either. If you need classes to learn the stuff, take them. But if you learn well on your own, don't waste the money. Concentrate on finding some job related to what you want to do and work your way up to where you want to be. I know I'm not painting a pretty picture of the situation, but sadly, this is how it is. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: William Brandt [mailto:squack at citlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:36 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Schools for Linux? > > > Do you have any other school education(computer related), and > if so what > did you take for classes and or school(s)? > > Squack > > Michael Piemonte wrote: > > I'm signed up at St. Paul Tech for Linux System Adm. Its a > brand new > > program there it trains for your RHCE Cert. That is the > only school I > > found that offers Linux training. > > > > Michael D. Piemonte > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >