[BSDcert] Ideas on Certifications

[Mikel King]

Jim Brown wrote:

>I'm interested in hearing from others about certification levels.
>
>Some of us have had conversations about levels- basic, medium, advanced;
>or basic, advanced; or just advanced; etc.
>
>
>Also-
>If you got a BSD certification how long do you think it should last?
>
>
>Best Regards,
>Jim B.
>  
>
For life...;-)

No seriously, um maybe 2 years max. It would be nice to have a simple 
recert process, maybe something like a subset refresher test based on 
your highest awarded cert? I mean it would be really counter productive 
to be Certified as 'Advance Network God Supremo' and you have to recert 
at every level below just to keep your current cert. Personally when a 
vendor pulls that kind of scam we dump them, I don't think it's right to 
hit people that far below the belt, my wallet is still throbbing from 
the robbery Cisco pulled last time the updated their training program.

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