[ale] Web site to help people become professional Linux System Administrators?

[Scott McBrien]

Actually it is required to get your RHCE.  Once upon a time upper level certs like RHCDS or RHCA would attach to your RHCE, now everything attaches to your RHCSA.

-Scott

On Jun 22, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's newly renamed from the RHCT - the idea was a "technician" was too low of a field title for the skill set so they renamed to be "System Admin".
> 
> The RHCSA is a good first step towards RHCE. 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM, John Anderson <j at intte.com> wrote:
> Is the RHCSA worth anything?  
> It appears to be the entry level Red hat cert. 
> 
> 
> On 06/22/2012 04:33 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> 
>> I beg to differ!
>> 
>> A cert in Microsoft means nothing other than (l)user passed a test. They can do this without ever touching a computer.
>> 
>> The RHCE means that engineer has passed a rigorous field test of both theoretical as well as practical, hands-on troubleshooting.
>> 
>> It is not possible to pass the RHCE exam without several years of experience. While general Linux skilz would be useful, the exam is very geared toward a professional engineer working in a high-count RHEL environment. A solid understanding of how to setup and configure a RHEL server for a variety of common needs each with a bit of a twist is a requirement to survive the test. The test has a 50% first pass rate. Only the CNA test is viewed higher by those signing paychecks. There are additional, higher-order RHEL tests, RHCA - RedHat Certified Architect , that requires a RHCE to start plus 5 of 7 additional specialty certifications.
>> 
>> But, yes, RHCE == $$$. Both to take and to make.
>> 
>> I have yet to see an ad for a RHCA. I would require a total boatload of cash to even give a CFO the time of day if I went that route.
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
>> I guess by this point it's not much different from getting a job doing
>> Microsoft: 1) Get Red Hat certificate 2) Apply.  Seems there's           little
>> market outside of the RH vertical.
>> 
>> On 6/22/12 1:13 PM, leam hall wrote:
>> > Many moons ago I picked up a domain name with the idea of building a
>> > site to help people move into professional linux. It is my nature to
>> > help people grow. Unfortunately I've not done much with it. Trying ot
>> > decide if there's a niche to fill and if so what should go there.
>> >
>> > My real goal is not to duplicate efforts but to collate information,
>> > provide insight to industry trends, and help answer the "how do I get
>> > a job doing Linux" question that keeps coming up now and again.
>> >
>> > Thoughts?
>> >
>> > Leam
>> >
>> >
>> 
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