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On 28/02/14 12:35, Simon Avery wrote: > On 28 February 2014 11:27, Tremayne, Steve > <steven.tremayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:steven.tremayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > So, my question is – does anyone give any weight to an LPIC > qualifications? > > > I'm not the best source of knowledge, but I don't think so. For a > better view, perhaps look at the adverts for what you want to do and > see how your qualifications and skills compare. > > Personally, my fairly small view is that experience is what matters in > linux related jobs. If you can cite real world examples, be conversant > with the main technologies for your sector and be confident in your > ability in both CV and interview, you'll stand a chance. Many adverts > cite "Must have X years experience of Perl/Php/Python/SQL/Oracle etc" > and if you can back that up, it helps. > > Chicken and egg, of course, but experience also comes from > non-professional jobs, such as helping with open source, community > projects and other things. > > You may be surprised how doing what may seem as small things can lead to other opportunities, I am now helping with an after school club as a result of running a coding group at Parkfield, (granted this has migrated to Minecraft) but the group after school is coding, hardware etc ,I am also part of a technicians network in Torbay. Word gets out, people take interest and opportunities come up. I am helping with ToriOS as I was helping with Lubuntu documentation, when ToriOS started I was invited to help out with that. So jump in to OSS projects and help out, hang out on irc, forums , mailing lists, ask and answer questions, you never know where that may lead. Paui -- -- web : http://www.zleap.net twitter : @zleap14 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 Torbay Raspberry Pi Jam, 8th March 2014 - http://dcglug.drogon.net/torbay-pi-jam/ I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school or establishment I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq