Please think Rationally! (Score 1)

I am a LG candidate who is hard at work studying to pass the Sair exams. I have had this exact same discussion with several of my future co-workers (ie other people who are learning/training with Linuxgruven). There are a couple of things that need to be considered. A key fact that people are missing is that Linuxgruven(LG) is looking to hire Linux certified administrators (LCA's). If you are not an LCA, they won't hire you. If you aspire to be one, you can either self-study or they will put you through a training course for a fee ($2500). This course gives you a good overview of what to expect from the job and what you need to know to pass the tests to do well at the job. If you take the training course and pass all of your exams, you will be hired and have a job @ $45,000/yr. ***If you stay with the compnay for a full year, you will be reimbursed for your training in full***. Also, when you get hired, (after passing the exams) the $$ that you spent on the LCA exams is reimbursed to you (4 tests @$99 apiece = approx $400). So, Think with me here: If you are going to hire someone, why not pay for their training? Well, from the class that I attended back in November, I am 1 of 2 students who are still serious about doing this. Everyone else has quit! This is out of a class of 15. If LG HADN'T charged all of us the training fee, they would be out the money that it costs to train 13 people!! I want my $2500 back so I am going to stick by the company and get my it back this time next year. This is not simply what I think, I HAVE ALL OF THIS IN WRITING!! A quick comparison: If you want to get a job, you need to have training. Some people choose to self train through books and experimentation, others choose to go to training classes. I went to class, I've taken the tests, I'm going to have a job. It's as simple as that. If you think that you can get a job without documentation of your knowlege either through a cert, a documented track record or some other way for the company to check and see if you know what you SAY you know, then brother, you are dreaming! A CERT like the SAIR cert is a good way to start establishing you credibility as a person who knows how to work with Linux. Please know all of the facts before spewing forth with these worthless comments. If you know about the situation from personal experience and have a different viewpoint, please share it. But, don't forget that everything I've said in this long-winded post is backed up and documented on paper by Linuxgruven. Cheers, Alex