Re: Need for college, verses formal training and certifications, in the security field.

[Dan McGinn-Combs <dgcombs () gmail com>]

I heartily agree (surprise!) with all that's been said. I'd also like you to
consider one of the questions I ask a job candidate: "Describe your home
network." You can tell a lot from that answer. Especially when the candidate
gets a little gleam in his eye or mists up thinking about that favorite
retired server.

Couple of suggestions for "crazy Linux" (by craziness order of magnitude):

http://www.linuxmint.com/
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://www.archlinux.org/
http://www.gentoo.org/
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

You can also test the waters and see how many there really are if you check
for you favorite flavor-of-the-month at
http://distrowatch.com/

Go forth and have some fun!

Dan

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Daniel Holiday <dehaul () gmail com> wrote:

> <snip>
> Ray is also right: DO NOT JUST USE WINDOWS. Anyone who just stuck with
> the Windows did not do as well as those that knew how to get any OS to
> work. Make your daily OS some crazy linux so you learn.
>
> You will be head and shoulders above all the other candidates for a
> job if you put this kind of effort into it.
-- 
Dan McGinn-Combs
dgcombs () gmail com
Google Voice: +1 404 492 7532
Peachtree City, Georgia USA

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