Re: RHEL vs. Fedora for Red Hat Certification Prep

[Roger Hill <unixman@charter.net>]

I have a copy of Kara's book. While it is a great book for overall RH Linux, it is a little bit outdated. Go with the RHCE book by Micheal Jang. More people I know who've passed the RHCE recommend this book as the 'RHCE Bible'...
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---- "Koree A. Smith" <koree@ameth.org> wrote: 

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Ah.  Didn't realize you had already done the college thing.  Physics is a
good degree to have.  I have several friends doing IT work with a BS in
Physics.  I don't know why it's that way, but I seem to know a lot of people
with Physics and Music degrees in IT (I studied Music Education).  Anyway,
best way to accelerate your career is to know stuff.  So, get CentOS
installed and use it every day.  That will help you a lot.  Also, grab this
book:

http://www.amazon.com/Certified-Engineer-Linux-Study-Certification/dp/0072264543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242824337&sr=8-1

It's a good book to have even if you're not cramming for the RHCE exam.
Kara also wrote an RHCE book, although I'm not sure if there is an up to
date printing of it.

Koree

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Nathan Nutter <iam@nnutter.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Koree A. Smith <koree@ameth.org> wrote:
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>>
>> heh, I could agree it's probably not a test you should attempt this
>> early.  It was easy for me, but by the time I took the RHCE exam the first
>> time, I had 12 years experience under my belt.  I'm not sure I'd worry about
>> a cert at all.  I had a career long before I ever had that test.  The test
>> is just an extra thing to get recruiters and hiring managers to look at your
>> resume.  Find a good entry level position, and study your butt off for the
>> next 5 years.  You'll get there.  Make sure to always run Linux boxen at
>> home.  Always try to learn new ways of doing things.  Make your own
>> fileserver, router, etc using Linux.  Also, get a college degree.  Even if
>> it's not a computer-related degree.  A lot of people would argue with me on
>> this, and I myself do not have a college degree and have been relatively
>> successful.  However, my life would have been way easier had I just had that
>> degree.  But, remember, having a college degree with no real knowledge is
>> worthless.  No degree or cert will teach you all of the skills you need to
>> survive in this or any other field.  You have to find those on your own.
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>
> Sounds like sound advice. I actually already have a B.S. but it's in
> physics and has done me little good. I've always been heavily involved in
> computers so I decided to "change my career path" and get back into computer
> support and onwards. I'd just like to accelerate it as much as possible (who
> wouldn't?).
>
> -Nathan
>



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