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.
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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Congrats on pass!!*Associate's of Applied Sciences degree in Information Technology-Network Systems Administration
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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
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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. -
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Well done. The RHCSA is on my to do list as well but gonna get to grips with RHEL 7 first. -
varelg
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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...
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.
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?
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Xavor
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@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.
