Re: Certification

[Mike Trimberger <Mike.Trimberger@maisystems.com>]

It looks as if this discussion is fragmenting into details.  Which seems
to indicate that it will be near impossible to certify a "Generic" SA.
My
current view of this whole topic is the same as when I sent in my
response
to the original survey.  Call it a "merit badge" or an "Individual Topic
Certificate"
for the parts of the system administration puzzle that most help each
person.  For me in my job (which has gone from 80+% UNIX to less than
5%)
topics in "Sendmail", "Setting up DNS", "AIX print queues" and the like,
while personally interesting, would not meet my current job needs.

I think that we could come up with literally hundreds of single-topic
certificates
that would be of interest for the members of SAGE.  Perhaps it could be 
implemented as simply as a web-based on-line tutorial and then passing
an
on-line exam.  You print your certificate when you pass on your own
laser printer.

Just another 2 cents...