RHCE and other certs?

[Lord of Gore]

m.roth2006 at rcn.com wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:45:59 -0700
>> From: Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com>  
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>> Certs don't hurt, but in my experience I have to agree with Dave, they
>> have been the lowest on the priority scale.  A CS degree gets 
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> One other thing - I dunno where the $600 or $800 figure came from, but most certs I've seen the price on - Oracle, security (from SANS), etc, all run, including the training, somewhere in the neighborhood of $3000.
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> And I've *never* had an employer that was willing to pay for training, certainly not for that kind of money.
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Here you have a very good point. Getting these certifications is very 
expensive and you can't overlook someone that doesn't have a cert just 
because he doesn't. There are people who simply can't afford it. For the 
hiring i'll always go for the hands on test. If I find two that are both 
very good well then I'll take in account the certification.
>     mark
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