Hello Kent, I had the same experience. I got my RHCE back in 2002. My pager kept going off during the test, I had to keep going outside to deal with it. The examiner told me that I had no chance, then had to eat his words when I got a 96 on the test.
It was a 1 week cram, and as others have said, a lot of what I learned I've forgotten since I don't use it. I'm actually looking at updating my cert, and was wondering if anybody had some good suggestions for books. I'm a bit weak in some of the newer technologies and networking; not too bad, but I want to get better before taking the test. Right now I'm looking at spending $$$ to take the online course, advantage is that the online materials are available for 3 months for unlimited studying. I'm doing this because I lost out on a good job recently because they insisted on a current certification. My feeling is that the cert plus experience is more valuable than the experience alone. I know that I will learn new stuff studying for the test, and even if I don't use some of it at least I will be aware of the new stuff. Suggestions would be welcome. JBB Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 5:10:23 PM, you wrote: > An observation: I took the RHCE, and thought it was awesome - as in, > intense. > Example1: We were given a huge lists of tasks to set up for a new > system/server. On a normal business day, I would expect to see that > list, and tell the user, "I'll have this by sometime tomorrow". The > RHCE list for the new setup, however, was as extensive, but you only > were given something like 90 minutes. > Example2: We were given another system that was broken. VERY broken. > The room was filled with sysadmins. By the end of the timeframe, half > of the room still had not gotten their boxes to run. > I think out of 11 of us, only 6 passed [including me]. The instructor > said something before the test that stuck with me, it was something > along the lines of "During the test, you'll have full access to the > documentation set(s) as well as any of the man pages for RedHat. But, > I'll give you a clue- if you need to check the documentation often, > you'll never have enough time to complete the test and pass... you > just need to KNOW this stuff." > -Kent > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ -- Enhancing your business through Technology Bayer Technology Group http://www.BayerTechnologyGroup.com Jonathan Bayer, CEO mailto:[email protected] Work: (609) 632-1200 Mobile: (609) 658-9408 292 Evanston Dr East Windsor, NJ 08520 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
