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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? Are certifications worth it? Post 303004360 by hicksd8 on Saturday 30th of September 2017 11:32:12 AM
Old 09-30-2017
I agree with most of the sentiment already expressed so I'll keep this post as brief as possible. My history is in technology company ownership; corporate I.T. Systems supply and support, storage specialisation, and biometric security systems.

Certifications (or 'tickets' as I call them) are great to augment a university or college qualification as it shows motivation to specialise and improve. However, it will only help you get your first (trainee) job. Your first employment will be the main consideration for your second employment, not your tickets. When I was interviewing candidates, hard experience would always beat tickets; no contest whatsoever. A guy who'd run a support centre for 3 years but had no tickets and been made redundant through no fault of his own would win hands down against a rookie with tickets. Also, as we all know, a lot of the stuff you have to learn on these courses you will never use again.

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KF(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						     KF(1)

NAME
kf -- securely forward tickets SYNOPSIS
kf [-p port | --port=port] [-l login | --login=login] [-c ccache | --ccache=ccache] [-F | --forwardable] [-G | --no-forwardable] [-h | --help] [--version] host ... DESCRIPTION
The kf program forwards tickets to a remote host through an authenticated and encrypted stream. Options supported are: -p port, --port=port port to connect to -l login, --login=login remote login name -c ccache, --ccache=ccache remote cred cache -F, --forwardable forward forwardable credentials -G, --no-forwardable do not forward forwardable credentials -h, --help --version kf is useful when you do not want to enter your password on a remote host but want to have your tickets one for example AFS. In order for kf to work you will need to acquire your initial ticket with forwardable flag, i.e. kinit --forwardable. telnet is able to forward tickets by itself. SEE ALSO
kinit(1), telnet(1), kfd(8) Heimdal July 2, 2000 Heimdal
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