I just bought the book "LPI Certification in a nutshell" and am
planning to take the LPI tests. I am curious what the local Linux
community thinks about the LPI "http://www.lpi.org/" am i wasting my
time? are there a better Linux Certifications out there? has anyone
taken these tests and gotten hired because of them?

I have no Linux specific schooling but love GNU/Linux especially
Gentoo. i would appreciate your thoughts and opinions.

-Ryan