On 14 Nov 2006, A. A. spake thusly:
I'm going thru serious crises as I stand at crossroads in terms of career. Can someone please suggest me if its mandatory to have a RHCE certification? I'm NOT a graduate yet and what are my chances of getting a decent job armed with RHCE certification. Is graduation a pre-requisite for jobs as SA? If yes, which are the best institutes in Mumbai that offer RHCE? Or any tutors of RHCE?
If you want a standard job, ya RHCE may help. If you want to do something good all you need is the willingness to learn and a bit of balls.
How good are you at using GNU/Linux ? What 'cool; things have you done? Can you write usefull shell scripts ? Can you configure a network ? Which distributions have you played with? Do you know the differences they have ? Do you like system administration? Do you do perl scripts ?
If you have a yes for all of these then, hey!!! someone from this list will contact you for a job. If no, then make those a yes and then someone will... :)
Degrees and certifications are useful - but only to an extent. They are the safety net. So concentrate on your Graduation first and make yourself better at what you want to do - you will have a good job and a good time doing that job.
cheers,
p.s. I personally think that RHCE sux. But that is MHO only. :)