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    • NerdyDadN
      NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      @NerdyDad said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

      Red Hat is the primary requirement with MCSA and CCNA as preferred. Possible for multi-position in the future?
      It's system administration position.

      Title, not likely position. Why would anyone care at all if a real system admin had CCNA? That it's a multi-OS SA, okay, that happens (but is generally pretty inefficient), but CCNA... no way is it an SA job. It's a standard generalist, they are just putting a title on there to make it sound appealing to someone interested in an enterprise job. Guaranteed.

      I am watching some red hat videos on youtube... and I want to know if Red Hat RHSA is highly valued for linux, or something mid-range linux certification? Compared to A+, MCP, MCSA, and MCSE... where would RHSA equivalent as?

      It's the MCSA of the Linux world.

      if RHSA is = MCSA, is the Linux+ = A+?

      Linux+ is the Linux+, lol. A+ isn't IT, not sure what comparison there is to be made.

      Is Linux+ worth going after for Red Hat Server Administration?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        If we are comparing MS and RH...

        Microsoft Red Hat
        MCP Linux+
        MCSA RHCSA
        MCSE RHCE
        MCSE+I RHCA
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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
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          @NerdyDad said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @NerdyDad said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

          Red Hat is the primary requirement with MCSA and CCNA as preferred. Possible for multi-position in the future?
          It's system administration position.

          Title, not likely position. Why would anyone care at all if a real system admin had CCNA? That it's a multi-OS SA, okay, that happens (but is generally pretty inefficient), but CCNA... no way is it an SA job. It's a standard generalist, they are just putting a title on there to make it sound appealing to someone interested in an enterprise job. Guaranteed.

          I am watching some red hat videos on youtube... and I want to know if Red Hat RHSA is highly valued for linux, or something mid-range linux certification? Compared to A+, MCP, MCSA, and MCSE... where would RHSA equivalent as?

          It's the MCSA of the Linux world.

          if RHSA is = MCSA, is the Linux+ = A+?

          Linux+ is the Linux+, lol. A+ isn't IT, not sure what comparison there is to be made.

          Is Linux+ worth going after for Red Hat Server Administration?

          It's not worth going after for anything.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            In reality, Linux certs are not very valuable. The certs themselves are not bad, at least from RH. It's a decent cert process now that they made some major changes (it was quite the joke for a while.) But the whole "world is driven by certs" thing is very much a Microsoft / Cisco thing and few other IT arenas have it at all. The Linux world cares very little about certs as a general thing. Are they bad, no. But are any "worth the cost", often no. Linux tends to be a skill based job market, not a cert based one.

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22
              last edited by wirestyle22

              It's nice to use as an education path. I am currently studying the cert book for RHCSA/RHCE.

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              • ObsolesceO
                Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                Red Hat is the primary requirement with MCSA and CCNA as preferred. Possible for multi-position in the future?
                It's system administration position.

                Title, not likely position. Why would anyone care at all if a real system admin had CCNA? That it's a multi-OS SA, okay, that happens (but is generally pretty inefficient), but CCNA... no way is it an SA job. It's a standard generalist, they are just putting a title on there to make it sound appealing to someone interested in an enterprise job. Guaranteed.

                I am watching some red hat videos on youtube... and I want to know if Red Hat RHSA is highly valued for linux, or something mid-range linux certification? Compared to A+, MCP, MCSA, and MCSE... where would RHSA equivalent as?

                It's the MCSA of the Linux world.

                Just to add to some confusion, there's a Linux MCSA too lol.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                  @Tim_G said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                  @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                  @stess said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                  Red Hat is the primary requirement with MCSA and CCNA as preferred. Possible for multi-position in the future?
                  It's system administration position.

                  Title, not likely position. Why would anyone care at all if a real system admin had CCNA? That it's a multi-OS SA, okay, that happens (but is generally pretty inefficient), but CCNA... no way is it an SA job. It's a standard generalist, they are just putting a title on there to make it sound appealing to someone interested in an enterprise job. Guaranteed.

                  I am watching some red hat videos on youtube... and I want to know if Red Hat RHSA is highly valued for linux, or something mid-range linux certification? Compared to A+, MCP, MCSA, and MCSE... where would RHSA equivalent as?

                  It's the MCSA of the Linux world.

                  Just to add to some confusion, there's a Linux MCSA too lol.

                  LOL, yeah.

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                  • KellyK
                    Kelly @wirestyle22
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                    @wirestyle22 said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                    It's nice to use as an education path. I am currently studying the cert book for RHCSA/RHCE.

                    This. I think for someone that doesn't have to use Linux on a day to day basis getting a cert delineates foundational knowledge and skills that has to be learned.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Kelly
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                      @Kelly said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                      It's nice to use as an education path. I am currently studying the cert book for RHCSA/RHCE.

                      This. I think for someone that doesn't have to use Linux on a day to day basis getting a cert delineates foundational knowledge and skills that has to be learned.

                      http://www.smbitjournal.com/2017/04/using-certifications-to-drive-education/

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                      • KellyK
                        Kelly @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                        @Kelly said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Changing career path.... Red hat certification?:

                        It's nice to use as an education path. I am currently studying the cert book for RHCSA/RHCE.

                        This. I think for someone that doesn't have to use Linux on a day to day basis getting a cert delineates foundational knowledge and skills that has to be learned.

                        http://www.smbitjournal.com/2017/04/using-certifications-to-drive-education/

                        Eggzactry

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