How To Measure Linux Proficiency?

[Joshua Zeidner]

 As I said... "Kafkaesque".

 The Question is... how does an employer measure Linux expertise objectively?

 -jmz


On Jan 31, 2008 12:55 PM, Kevin Faulkner <kondor6c at cox.net> wrote:
> Just because you can name them doesn't mean you know how to use them
>
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:00:49 -0800
> "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 30, 2008 1:38 PM, David <david at damnetwork.net> wrote:
> > > Speaking only of the 'marketable skills' aspect, I disagree.   When
> > > we are interviewing potential new linux people, I prefer one who
> > > has gentoo experience.   Specifically because of what you need to
> > > go through to get it installed and working.  Now, thats not to say
> > > I disqualify someone who doesn't have gentoo exp.   However, given
> > > 2 almost identical candidates, I'll go with the one with gentoo
> > > exp.  Heck, they don't even have to be identical...
> >
> > I'd have to somewhat agree with that, but not so strictly.  I
> > definitely learned a lot from doing a stage1 install and being an
> > early 2001 RC Gentoo user.  Another good interview question though is
> > to ask your candidate to name as many two character unix commands in
> > one minute.  See how many they get and compare that result against the
> > others :-)
>
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