is LPIC Certifications Respected in industry.

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:01:48PM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Hi Zbigniew.  I'm an immigrant (4 years) too so I felt like commenting.

Well I got here at age 13 about 19 years ago.

> Hmm... I can't say I feel exploited.  There are definitely problems. 
> Research shows educated immigrants trail behind similarly qualified 
> Canadians in income even after 10 years here.  Immigrant experiences are 
> across the board however.  I can say I've been very happy with my career 
> since arriving in Canada.
> 
> I come from Australia so no doubt integrating in to Canada was easier for 
> me than it would be for someone from Egypt or even eastern Europe since I 
> already spoke English as a first language and found the pervading culture 
> similar to what I was used to at home[1].

Some smartass people might claim that isn't English. :)

> [1] Having said this, there are more differences than one might expect. 
> Soon after arriving I likened the change to having everything shifted 15 
> degrees.  It all looks the same in the big picture but there are just 
> enough small differences to make you stop and think.
> 
> As an example, I was at a picnic here one day and we were packing up the 
> car.  When asked, I suggested to a friend to she her bags in the boot. 
> She stared at me like I'd just arrived from Mars.  Why would anyone store 
> there bags in a boot?  My wife translated this to "trunk" for her.

I guess Australia is a bit too British there.

> There are a lot of serious examples such as learning what an RRSP is and 
> why no one has a clue what you mean when you talk about superannuation.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superannuation_in_Australia
> 
> Similarly the idea of paying income tax to a province was odd to me. 
> Australian states surrendered the power to levy income tax during World 
> War II.  I think they were supposed to get it back after the war but 
> somehow it never happened.
> 
> One thing that stunned me was that not everyone in the western world 
> enjoys long service leave.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_service_leave
> 
> Like I said, lots of small differences.
> 
> Ok, I've waffled enough now :)

Wouldn't it be boring if everything was the same?  What would be the
point of moving then?

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