Jobs needing linux experiance - please bear with me on this...

[janesssssy]

I Woke up this morning and had a phone call from an existing customer of mine. Now I do Windows and server and network support and this old dear from a small company realy P**sed me off. I want a career change but then relised with out a degree im mighty stuffed. SO HOW about moving away from small business and WINDOWS and going to large companies and using Linux. Always enjoyed playing around with desktop operating systems such as Fedora, Unbuntu etc.

But what qualifications would put me on a good spring board for this type of work.

Most job advertisments in the BATH area mention Redhat etc. Ive been on my prometric site but again its a mine field with many certs.

Any advicwe or thought would be appriciated.

 

[janesssssy]

So any recommendations on certifications or am I barking up the wrong tree.

I wanted to go to an employer with a good portfolio saying that I have multiple skills within the IT industry.

 

[janesssssy]

To the first posters, I have:

A+, Server+ N+ 2008 MCTS, MCTIP.
I dont want to put accross that im "one of those cowboys" because im not.

RHCT and then RHCE are the standard when it comes to Linux certification in my experience...

Not essential though, experience still counts for a lot with unix, mostly I suspect because it's fairly easy to work out someone's linux knowledge by just asking a couple of questions...

I iwll look in to the RHCT and RHCE. Thanks

 

[janesssssy]

After looking tbh im lost. What tests to take and where. Prometric for example has Linux Professional Institute. Do I have to take this first? Any advice welcome.

 

[janesssssy]

Thanks for the advice!

Download / Install Centos as stated.
Play with for couple of months, follow online tutorials etc.
Attend RH133 course (if funded), get RHCT.
Tinker with for another couple of months (preferably for work)
Attend RHCE course, get RHCE.

Get involved with some Virtualisation, maybe KVM will be in major use by this time.

Have fun
Edit: If you struggle to get a job at an enterprise/larg-ish firm, lots of Universities use Linux/Unix so you could get a Junior Sysadmin Job there to start

It wont be funded by my employer unfortunately, as linux isnt used with in my current role. So is it possible just to do the RHCT exam only (RH202 RHCT) I know you can its £260 + Vat, but what will be needed to pass. With my microsoft exams and my older Comptia, all that was needed was to read a book and play around with the software alittle. Plus I use the tech every day.

Currently im downloading centos and fedora. Any recommendations? £1500 is too much at the moment to practically change career path.