> On Wednesday 12 August 2009 13:42:31 Matt Nelson wrote: >> Anyone had any good experience with a week crash-course to prep for and >> take at the end the RedHat Certified Engineer cert test?
* If you really don't know your way around the shell, even if you're fuzzy on basic stuff, like sed and grep, you should start with the RH033 first THEN the RH133 THEN the RH253. * If you don't deal with network services much, or you just need a kickstarter to get you to that point, but you rock at the command line, then the RH133 is a good place to start. * If you're familiar with basic administration that the RH133 teaches, and you rock at the command line, but you need to learn network services stuff, then just do the RH253. * If you have years and years experience in UNIX and Linux, and you could teach all the courses yourself, but you have forgotten one or two things during your career, and just need refreshers, then the accelerated RH300 would be for you. Seeing the exam pass rate that I did as an instructor and examiner, don't be overly arrogant that you can pass the exams with little effort. These exams are hard. They are hands on. They prove that you can 'walk-the-walk'. As a result, they have real value in the industry, unlike the MCSE. If you do take the course, don't sell yourself short. Study all night, every night. Create a VM, and use the RHEL box set they give you to practice on. Apply yourself. Don't browse the Internet during lecture. Pay attention, take notes and ask questions. If you give 110%, it will show in the exam. If you don't, it won't. You will reap what you sow. Trust me. As an instructor, I offered my time when on the road to help the students learn all they could. I gave an hour before class and an hour after class for additional learning and review to my students. Of the ones who took advantage of it, they usually passed. It's all a matter of applying yourself. Doran L. Barton wrote: > Red Hat has a 1-week class with the RHCE/RHCA exam at the end. It's more > review than instruction. That is, you're not going to go in a blank slate and > come out an RHCE. You've got to know your stuff before you go in. The RHCA is 5 week long courses, each earning an RHCE endorsement if passing the exam at the end of the week. If you earn all 5 endorsements, you have your RHCA. There are additional certifications as well. The RHCSS and the RHCDS each have 3 RHCE endorsement exams that must be passed before certification. If you earn your RHCA, then you have earned your RHCDS as well. One additional class will be needed for your RHCSS, if you want it. Check http://www.redhat.com/certification/ for more info. Of these additional certifications (RHCA, RHCSS and RHCDS), they are designed for very specific fields, and they don't hold the global value in the field that the RHCE does. They might be worth it, they might not. Check with your employer, or if looking for a new job soon, look for the job requirements. Lastly, something worth mentioning. If you earn your RHCT or RHCE (this might apply to the RHCSS, RHCDS and RHCA- I haven't verified), the certificate is good for 2 releases: the current RHEL release (right now, RHEL 5) and the next release (soon RHEL 6). When RHEL 7 releases (as would be in my case), your certificate will expire, and you will need to retake and pass the exam, if you wish to keep the certificate active. -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
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