[plug] RHCE exam

[Adrian Woodley]

I tend to lean the other way. I've had a RHCE for a few years now and 
its never really played much of a role in securing a job or in my 
day-to-day work. My experience has been that RHEL is used more as an 
appliance; organisations install it when they have some third-party 
application or system to run, rather than using it as a basis for their 
own internal systems. As such, the vendor invariably sends their 
"expert/engineer" to install RHEL as well as the application and the 
organisations IT department treat the whole system largely as a black box.

Unfortunately, what little certification there is for 
Debian/Ubuntu/FreeBSD doesn't seem to garner the same recognition, 
despite these platforms being more common in hands-on deployments.

Up until recently I'd have advised pursing some sort of Solaris 
certification, however even that is waning as a platform since Oracle 
took it over. Again, its most commonly used as part of an appliance, but 
there are less people who know their way around a Solaris box so the 
certification is more valuable.

On a more general level, I've found ITIL to be very useful and popular. 
While concepts present by the Foundation level course would be second 
nature to anyone who's worked at an ISP, they are non-the-less 
invaluable to any organisation and its IT staff.

Having said all that, a RHCE is better than a MCSE. :-P

Cheers,

Adrian

On 07/03/13 12:46, Andrew Cooks wrote:
> Hi Plug
>
> I'm thinking about sitting the RHCE exam. The next scheduled
> opportunity in Perth is 17 May.
>
> What are your opinions about RHCE certification? Do employers value
> it? Would anyone be interested in taking the exam as well?
>
> Cheers
>
> a.
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