[Gllug] RHCT / RHCE

[Hari Sekhon]

lesleyb at herlug.org.uk wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:31:25PM +0100, Hari Sekhon wrote:
>   
>> Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
>>     
>>> I've been toying with the idea of getting Redhat certification.  I did
>>> the pre-assessment questionaires and concluded that I was pretty close
>>> to being ready to take the RHCE exam immediately, but would benefit
>>> from the fast track course.
>>>
>>> I would appear to be ready to take the RHCT immediately - is there any
>>> benefit in this, if I'm going to do the RHCE soon anyway?
>>>
>>> The fast track course seems to be £1200 (plus £500 for the exam) -
>>> this strikes me as reasonable value.  Anyone got experience of it?
>>>
>>> The alternative is just to prepare independently - is the curriculum
>>> available?  Anyone got experience of this approach?  Are there any
>>> study materials available?
>>>
>>> Your experience and wisdom gratefully accepted!
>>>   
>>>       
>> I actually did the RHCE last week. If anyone was there on the 18th Sept 
>> in London, message me! :-)
>>
>> I thought it was good.
>>
>> I personally did just the exam (~£600) without any training (current 
>> employer limitation), riding on experience.
>>
>> If you do the RHCT first, it would certainly give you an advantage in 
>> getting used to the format, but you'd have to repeat your RHCT in your 
>> RHCE sitting anyway as there is no carry over.
>>
>> Experienced Red Hat engineers should have no problem with it as is.
>>
>> -h
>>
>>     
> Well done Hari 
>
> Do you know whether you passed on the day or do you have to wait for your results?
>   

You are supposed to get your results once the lab has been graded within 
3 US business days but my results came through by email to me at the end 
of that day around 6pm. I passed by a big margin, which was a relief! :-)

-h

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