I know one person that passed (aced) it with only a year of experience, and I know someone with 6 or so years of experience that failed it. It really comes down to how much you are willing to prepare. I think with 6 months to a year of solid experience, a moderate obsession with Linux, and a rapid track RHCE course, anyone with moderately high intelligence can pass the exam. On 3/14/06, Michael Christian <mchristianjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Started Redhat August of last year. Aced my RHCE this past January. > > I've had a fair amount of Suse experience, and Gentoo experience (4+ > years). I will say that I don't think I would have passed the tests if I > had not attended the classes. There's only so much you're going to learn > yourself unless you put together a comprehensive syllabus in the beginning > and stick to it. This is available from Redhat's site by the way. > > On the other hand, my previous experience proved to be an invaluable > foundation on which to build my Redhat experience. But perhaps the biggest > benefit from taking the classes, was that it really boosted my enthusiasm > for Redhat as a company and as a distribution. Prior to, I had considered > Redhat to be vanilla linux, looking to make a buck from a mediocre > distribution. > > > I'm now looking to finish up a few more endorsements and snatch the RHCA. > > On 3/14/06, Unbehagen, Bret Earl (SD) <beunbehagen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I am not sure which cert you are refering to, but I have my RHCT and I > > started on Redhat in June of 2005 and was RHCT in January. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Brown > > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:38 PM > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > > Subject: Re: Red Hat Certification > > > > How much RH experience did the people who passed have before studying > > and passing the exams. The reason why I ask is because I was thinking > > of taking all of the courses but I would be paying for them out of > > pocket and really don't want to spend the thousands of dollars to do so. > > Jason Brown > > > > > > On 3/8/06, Daniel Buggie <buggie@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 12:12 -0500, Magnus Andersen wrote: > > > > I too will snag a RHEL copy from work. I've asked for the Rapid > > > > Track course but I havn't received an approval yet. I need to do > > > > some > > > self-study > > > > before I attend that anyway. > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the information. > > > > > > In case you don't get approval, I passed the RHCE tests under 3 and 4 > > > without taking the classes. Using a good self-study book, studying off > > > > > the Prep Guide, and buying a copy of VMware Workstation worked well > > > for me, but it did suck away my life outside work for a few weeks. > > > Just make sure you have lots of RAM in your system, VMware will suck > > > it up really fast. > > > > > > One nice part about VMware for studying is being able to take a > > > snapshot of a system and throughly trash it practicing for the > > > troubleshooting section and then being able to discard anything you've > > > > > done by reverting to the snapshot. > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > Michael S. Christian Jr. > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
