[SATLUG] Wish me luck!

[Tom Weeks]

On Sunday 07 August 2005 20:43, Mark Dwayne McCoy wrote:

> Can't talk specifics, because of the NDA you have to sign before you
> take the test.

Good answer.. ;)


> BTW, the Michael Jang book really helped, but there are minor (but VERY
> important) differences between RHEL3 (which the book covers), RHEL4
> (which the exam covers), and CentOS4 (which I used to study).  I caught
> one of the differences the night before the exam, and I'm glad I did! 

Should have asked.. I could have given you just about every difference betweek 
EL3 and EL4.  I used the heck out of the Jang book and also marked every 
error (and there are several).  Me and another trainer at Rackspace did the 
material training and testing of 62 of our folks at Rackspace.  We had an 
astounding 92% pass rate!!! (including RHCTs), with 11 perfect scores (out of 
62)!  Really proud of our techs.  They're hot stuff.


> I 
> recommend that anyone wishing to take the exam use the Jang book and an
> actual RHEL4 CD to work with.  The differences between 3 and 4 will be
> obvious, and you won't have many problems figuring out how to work
> around the differences. 

And if anyone on the SATLUG or XCSSA list wants the detailed diffs between EL3 
& 4 before doing any self study work using that book, let me know.


> The exam prep guide off of the redhat web site 
> is also very important.  Print that out and test yourself on every step
> (even the ones you are "sure" that you know).
>
> Since I had to pay for the exam myself in order to get a nice bullet on
> my resume, I really hope that I passed!!

Ouch.. Good luck indeed..  Did you pay for the whole RH300 class.. or just the 
Exam?  Did you take it in Austin at Microtek? (nice lunch layouts and cookies 
eh?)...  What'd you pay.. about $6-700? (if you don't mind me asking)

Tweeks