From: Mark Lasarko (mlasarko@co.ba.md.us)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2005 - 13:22:06 GMT-3
Yeah, I'll buy that for a dollar!
Or not...
A SCO guy without any apparent real networking certifications or
"equivalent experience".
Not even a CCNA - let alone some color in regards to CheckPoint, BSD,
Nokia, Juniper, etc...
As a matter of fact his MCSE appears to be for NT4.
I am not trying to pick him apart as I respect anyone who can formulate
their opinions to share with others. However, the only people who I feel
could align with his view of the networking universe are the few
remaining SCO faithful he supports.
Speaking of SCO, last I heard SCO was down 60% in Q4 fiscal '05 as
compared to Q4 fiscal the prior year - what a cash cow! SCO has even
referred to this type of decline as "stable revenue". (Excuse me?)
To clarify, my comment not a slam on SCO, just offering some
perspective on who's headed in what direction, money talks, etc...
Next, let's take a moment to consider the overpopulation of
Microsoft-assimilated LAN Administrators flooding the inboxes of
managers everywhere with just enough training on their resumes to get
some face time during an interview. What will become of these masses?
Are they to inherit a future comprised of networking appliances??
Not likely.
I've done the MCSE thing, and still hold my (current, NW6) CNE with
pride. I have also done my share of RH, Mandrake, Suse, etc... And I do
believe it's good to be familiar, yet I am quite certain that neither of
these certifications is key to any future in networking. Alone they are
of little value, but together... that becomes exponentially more
valuable in my opinion.
To me the keys are many with the more notable being diversity and
adaptability. The way I see it, being familiar with many things makes
one substantially more valuable a resource than being an expert in any
one in particular.
Though none of us (ok, at least none of my acquaintances spare one
individual who had a bit too much of the electric kool-aid back in high
school) have the crystal ball to peer into the future one thing is
certain:
Whatever OS it may be, desktop or server, *NIX, or Windows, they will
still have to go through that infrastructure which we design, deploy,
and maintain.
As for me, the more I know and learn about topics like MPLS, voice,
QoS, etc...
The more I know I don't know.
You know?
In the meantime there will always be those who only know what they know
whilst they continue to offer opinions on those things of which they
know little if anything about.
~M
(CCDP, CCNP, CCSE, CNE, MCP+I, MCSE, NSA, CCA, GEEK, ad nauseum)
>>> Roy Dempsey <roy.dempsey@gmail.com> 2/1/2005 10:10:58 AM >>>
Came across this article, don't know anything about the source.
However, as someone who's been studying for this for a long time, I
hope its not accurate.
Quote :
"I was interested to see that RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) was
listed in slot 3 of certifications IT professionals want to get.
CCIE ( Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) is at the top, which I
think shows tremendous short-sightedness. Folks, networking, routing
and firewalls are still "hot" skills, but that's not going to last.
All this stuff is going to be packaged up into teeny little hardware
bundles that any idiot can configure - in fact, it is close to that
point now and really is already for the home user. Yes, corporate
networks demand a bit more, but not all that much more. In a few more
years, you won't need any high-cost certified type to control even a
fairly complex network.
But OS support and administration has longer lasting legs. Any random
idiot can't necessarily install and configure a server or maybe even a
desktop PC if it is part of a larger network. Not yet, anyway - though
zero brain configuration of desktops is often possible, servers are a
long way from that. Will it stay that way forever? Of course not -
that's one reason I'm glad to be getting close to retirement age:
servers are already starting to become appliances, and the trend will
continue, requiring less and less knowledge and intelligence at the
point of use. If I were in my twenties or thirties, I would have to be
thinking realistically that the market for my skills may be slowly
drying up. We old geezers and young whippersnappers alike can count on
at least another decade of being needed, but my crystal ball gets
cloudy after that. "
Link (watch the wrap):
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