RHCSA Passed

I took the kiosk version for rhel6 last week and passed by a good margin. I wanted to take the test on 6 because that is what I studied on this year. I believe in January all the exams will be on rhel7.

The kiosk style exam felt awkward because of all the cameras, but overall I think it went well. The time flies by, and I left one question unanswered because I didn't want to risk making the system unbootable with only 15 minutes left on my time. I triple-checked all my settings and rebooted more than I needed to.

I used Jang's book for the actual studying, but I have half a dozen Linux books I've gone through over the year. I get distracted by things not on the RHCSA course material and would rather work on RHCE or more infrastructure-based services.

The exam did feel more rewarding for me because it was hands on. You have that fear that you make one change and 2 hours of work goes down the tubes.

I think I'm done with certs for a while and will just focus my efforts on learning more about openstack and docker.

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brownwrap

Congratulations! What is the significance of the sub?

Xavor

I was in the Navy for 5 years as communications guy on submarines.

brownwrap

Xavor wrote: »

I was in the Navy for 5 years as communications guy on submarines.

I was never in the Navy, but worked on subs from 1971-1977 in Groten and Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

H3||scr3am

congrats on the cert

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

Xavor

Thanks!

I was unfortunately station in Hawaii for most of my time in.

lsud00d

Good job @Xavor! RCHSA is a very nice compliment to VCP and S+.

Verities

Xavor wrote: »

I took the kiosk version for rhel6 last week and passed by a good margin. I wanted to take the test on 6 because that is what I studied on this year. I believe in January all the exams will be on rhel7.

The kiosk style exam felt awkward because of all the cameras, but overall I think it went well. The time flies by, and I left one question unanswered because I didn't want to risk making the system unbootable with only 15 minutes left on my time. I triple-checked all my settings and rebooted more than I needed to.

I used Jang's book for the actual studying, but I have half a dozen Linux books I've gone through over the year. I get distracted by things not on the RHCSA course material and would rather work on RHCE or more infrastructure-based services.

The exam did feel more rewarding for me because it was hands on. You have that fear that you make one change and 2 hours of work goes down the tubes.

I think I'm done with certs for a while and will just focus my efforts on learning more about openstack and docker.

Congratulations on your pass! The RHEL 6 exam end on Feb 28, 2014. I'm working on mine right now and hoping to take it before the deadline.

Xavor

Thanks all! Yeah, I wanted to test on RHEL6 even though it's being phased out. I think the only way to test on RHEL6 now is the kiosk version, and in my area it was not offered so I had to drive 3 hours to a testing facility.

I've studied a lot of the topics for the RHCE and higher, but I don't see the ROI on taking the exams unless it was sponsored or required by my employer.

Swift6

Well done. The RHCSA is on my to do list as well but gonna get to grips with RHEL 7 first.

varelg

Xavor wrote: »

I used Jang's book for the actual studying, but I have half a dozen Linux books I've gone through over the year. I get distracted by things not on the RHCSA course material and would rather work on RHCE or more infrastructure-based services.

I think I'm done with certs for a while and will just focus my efforts on learning more about openstack and docker.

What?! My story exactly! A lot of distractions and a mini- library of Linux books at home with Jang's book on the to- do list for every day of the past year...
And that's what I'll do as well, after RHCE.
Congratulations on the pass, it isn't a small feat. Did you go for the "class and exam" package or passed on the classes and just went for the exam?
Is RHCE in your sites?

brownwrap

@verities If you look at the other thread concerning this in the Red Hat forum, you'll find you have until the 28th to sign up for it, but a year to take it.

Xavor

@varelg

When I started on the Linux path I was set for the RHCE as a goal. I'm not actively pursuing it right now unless certs are required by my employer. I could see myself taking all the Red Hat exams, but that cost would add up fast with minimal return on investment.

Does that mean I won't work to get better at the topics in the exam? I get exposed to a lot of different technologies at work, and I have to spend time to read up on those instead. I doubt I'll ever be the master of bind, or iscsi, or ldap, but I read up on them when I get time to try and stay ahead of the curve-balls. I'm not great with SELinux either, and that's on the list as well

I spent Saturday building an OpenStack environment at home, and Sunday reading docs about it only to be distracted by clustered filesystems discussions.