I took some time to sit in the RH300 this week. Basically, it is a five day course with exam for those with previous RHCE certifications or others with significant experience with RHEL. Its ultimate goal is preparing students for the RHCE exam on the fifth day of the course.
My experience -- and other's mileage will vary depending on the instructor -- was quite good. This was not the typical slideshow-break-slideshow-lunch with boring labs layout many of us have been exposed to from other vendors. It was quite intense with enough lecture, demonstration and labs to last two weeks -- packed into four days.
We were engaged from 0900 to 1730 every day with short lunches. Looking at the RHCE prep guide it is easily understandable as there is a tremendous amount of information to cover in such a short period of time. The instructor in my case was knowledgeable and provided thorough examples all throughout the course.
The labs are well planned, and the infrastructure Red Hat has designed for the classroom labs just works. The only problem we had was the first day when we discovered the workstations we were using had a broken ACPI implementation. For some reason we performed this course in a different venue than originally planned, so that was the only minor setback.
Unfortunately, I am unable to share the exam experience, but I will say that it is one of the more challenging things I have done in such a short period of time, and I am glad that I did it. Generally, I frown upon industry certifications and courses as I'm a firm believer that vendors should provide ample documentation and you can go it alone. I have relied on this most of my career. After all, most certifications are purely marketing and money gimmicks. But, Red Hat definitely shows that some training is worth the money and their certifications are notable.
So, I'm an RHCE now. And, I definitely enjoyed those beers Friday night!
My experience -- and other's mileage will vary depending on the instructor -- was quite good. This was not the typical slideshow-break-slideshow-lunch with boring labs layout many of us have been exposed to from other vendors. It was quite intense with enough lecture, demonstration and labs to last two weeks -- packed into four days.
We were engaged from 0900 to 1730 every day with short lunches. Looking at the RHCE prep guide it is easily understandable as there is a tremendous amount of information to cover in such a short period of time. The instructor in my case was knowledgeable and provided thorough examples all throughout the course.
The labs are well planned, and the infrastructure Red Hat has designed for the classroom labs just works. The only problem we had was the first day when we discovered the workstations we were using had a broken ACPI implementation. For some reason we performed this course in a different venue than originally planned, so that was the only minor setback.
Unfortunately, I am unable to share the exam experience, but I will say that it is one of the more challenging things I have done in such a short period of time, and I am glad that I did it. Generally, I frown upon industry certifications and courses as I'm a firm believer that vendors should provide ample documentation and you can go it alone. I have relied on this most of my career. After all, most certifications are purely marketing and money gimmicks. But, Red Hat definitely shows that some training is worth the money and their certifications are notable.
So, I'm an RHCE now. And, I definitely enjoyed those beers Friday night!
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