I did my RHCE last year, I did RH253 (Networking and Admin) and RH302 (RHCE exam) for which I paid for out of my own pocket (about $4,000 all up). If you have good experience with Linux (whichever distro), its only a matter of learning how do things the RH specific way and you'll get through the exam fairly easily. It did help to land me a job (in a Ubuntu shop!) and certification will allow perspective employers to see that you have a particular level of knowledge of Linux. My experience with dealing RedHat was very positive, they were very helpful throughout the process. I believe for me it was worth doing as it gave me 'the edge'.
cheers Darrin. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Rod Butcher <rbutc...@hyenainternet.com>wrote: > I had consider that - my plan is to actually train myself to be > vendor-neutral i.e. familiarise myself with the major distros RHEL, Suze, > Ubuntu so that I can administer them all, but to add the RHEL specialisation > on top of that, mainly because RHEL is apparently viewed as Number 1 - but I > think somebody who can only make a single distro work is pretty useless. > I think Red Hat certification will inevitably include a degree of > advertising/brainwashing to try to get people to do things there way purely > to differentiate their brand, but I'm old enough to see through Fudd. > How do employers view this - do they assume that serious admins make sure > they are familiar with multiple distroes, and see RHEL certification as a > bonus (i..e. the person knows More), or do they assume that Red Hat cert > means a person knows Less ? > thanks > Rod > > > On 05/01/11 12:22, onlyjob wrote: > >> Why Get a Vendor/Distribution *Neutral* Linux Certification? >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaGjgdYB1vI >> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
