[BSDcert] the study material question

[Nikolas Britton]

Nick Buraglio wrote:

> Just experience.  I have an unrelated undergrad degree, back in the 
> mid 90's I started looking at certs to supplement.  I took all kinds 
> of tests, Apple, Cisco, LPI, Microsoft, CompTIA,basically anything I 
> had to work on or found interesting I read books and took tests.  I 
> went from job to job looking for something that I liked, each time 
> trying to milk all the information from employers as to what was 
> valuable.  This could be a regional thing, in Central Illinois in the 
> US has limited opportunities.  One needs to be creative, think out of 
> the box and be marketable.  From what I was told from the larger 
> employers, the tests that are potentially not proctored are basically 
> worthless.  While I believe that being successful in IT is 70% common 
> sense and 30% knowing where to look and who to ask, most employers 
> don't agree (or don't know enough to agree).
>

Who would have thought there would be another Nick (with the same 
initials even) in Illinois that uses BSD, small world, anyways... I 
think most of you guys / gals are blowing the cheating thing out of 
proportion; Microsoft lackeys are just that (popular, buzzwords, etc.), 
BSD is obscure (UNIX is a bit too) to beginners, and you have to want to 
use UNIX. I think we just eliminated 90% of the cheaters without even 
lifting a finger.