OT? Are they really teaching this?

[James Mcphee]

I would imagine that the teachers in question teach some kind of vendor
product.  And they're competing directly with CompTIA certs.  Everyone has
bias.

You can get into a good job without any opensource if you find a company
that doesn't use any.  They do exist, though they are getting more rare as
the big vendors port opensource tech instead of developing their own.

If you have strong ideological convictions regarding opensource, then all's
good.  But if not, then I suggest not limiting yourself to purely
opensource techs.  If you're looking for a job, there are rarely purely
opensource jobs.  Being able to say "I'm proficient at openoffice, but have
worked a bit with ms office as well" is much better than saying "I've only
ever used openoffice, sorry".

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 4:23 PM, <parabellum7 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yesterday, I met an individual going to ITT. We discussed our respective
> areas of study and goals. Personally, I have a strong interest in Open
> Source and Wireless. I'm also doing a CompTIA Network+ prep course through
> the Maricopa County Library. It's free if you have a library card and a
> wealth of info regardless if you're going to get that cert or not. He
> claims his instructors say any of the CompTIA certs are worthless. He also
> says he actually 'hates open source' and his instructors are telling him
> it's a 'dead-ender'. That pretty much left me speechless.
>
>
> I know I'm preaching to the choir on this part, but much of the web and
> cloud runs on 'nix and it seems to be the preferred services offered. I've
> read multiple articles that many big outfits are migrating to Open Source.
> Major manufacturers are selling machines with 'nix as an option and guess
> what Google uses in their data centers? Even consumer grade routers say
> 'Open Source Ready' on the box and the fine print says they're compatible
> with DD-WRT. Oh, and then there's that whole Android thing.
>
>
> Are they really teaching those attitudes? Or maybe this individual is
> confused. Is it even possible to get into the big-leagues of networking
> without needing to know Open Source OS & apps?
>
>
>
> -K
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