training (was Resourceful BSD/Linux Network Administrator)

[Wes Peters]

Mike Tibor wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Dru wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'd love to see a forum established to discuss how to bring quality BSD
>>training to the masses. To create a curriculum that is practical,
>>thought provoking, and available. However, freebsd-jobs isn't the place to
>>hash it out. Anyone care to suggest a better place to continue on this
>>thread?
> 
> 
> In the absence of better suggestions, I'd be willing to setup and manage a
> list for that, depending on interest.  Naturally those interested should
> reply to me off-list.

This has been discussed a few times in the past on the -advocacy list.
Nothing much happened, except Chris Coleman inherited some teaching
materials from BSDi and put together some courseware from that, and
has taught FreeBSD system administration courses in various parts of
the USA a half-dozen or so times.

I'm sure the advocacy list wouldn't mind a discussion of training,
it's been mostly dead for quite a while.  If somebody wants something
more directed, that's good too.  I think a training program with some
accreditation would be great, but I don't know how to go about getting
such accreditation*.  I now of several Linux training programs that are
widely accepted in Linux circles but mean nothing to the average "HR
Professional" in the USA because they're not certified or accreditated
or anything like that.  The Red Hat courses get some acceptance because 
they're at least "vendor" coursework.

I've directed replies to advocacy@ just in case this takes on a life of 
it's own.  If someone has an alternate, please reply to this thread and
the advocacy list, OK?  The level of non-jobs mail in here has gotten
quite bad lately...

(*I'm not even sure accreditation is a real word, but it's the one that
US education companies and school systems have adopted.  When I was
looking for a university back when dinosaurs roamed the earth it was
"accredation" and "accredited.")

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Wes Peters                                              wes at softweyr.com