Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program

Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by aequitas on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:10AM (#19632673)

I don't know if these exams are still in the same format but I've always found them wildly more relevant compared to other exams as they focus on practical knowledge and problem solving skills instead of your skill to remember command line flags or your skills in multiple choice guessing game.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by reallydontask on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:35AM (#19632834)

I must admit that i've only looked at sample exams rather than actually having taken one but I have to say that I agree with you.

I think Microsoft's exams are changing to be less of a multiple choice guessing game but the Red Hat seem to be the gold standard for certifications. (Speaking from a limited POV)

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by ratling on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:04AM (#19634636)

For now. The IBM sale made it a no brainer for us to migrate off CentOS last year. They 'could' not mess up Red Hat but I'm not betting against IBM's track record.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by eitally on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:31AM (#19634888)

I wouldn't worry too much. IBM is making a big bet on OSS friendliness as their differentiation, much like Google Cloud is.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by andrey_utkin on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:39PM (#19640000)

Which distro you migrated to?

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by ratling on Saturday April 13, 2019 @01:04PM (#19654252)

Ubuntu.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by BossingAround on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:24AM (#19634812)

What's the track record?

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by ratling on Saturday April 13, 2019 @01:05PM (#19654257)

Have you ever purchased or maintained an IBM 'product?'

You better budget for at least 2 contractors to go with it.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by mgerdts on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:55PM (#19640515)

Indeed. Back in the dark ages I interviewed lots of sysadmins in a Solaris shop. Those that had a RHCE generally knew their way around a unix box. Other certifications did little other than indicate that the person worked somewhere that required the other certification.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by xaldir on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:04AM (#19634006)

Linux Foundation exams are quite good on this aspect too (sadly they became quite expensive).

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by pnutjam on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:10AM (#19635265)

Suse uses the SCA certs, I'm not sure if they are any cheaper through Suse.

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by Conan_Kudo on Thursday April 11, 2019 @07:18PM (#19640292)

I wish I had prepared for them before going to SUSECON, the exams are free as part of your SUSECON ticket. :)

Maybe next year...

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Re:Changes to the Red Hat Certified Engineer program by pnutjam on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:08AM (#19644904)

Thanks for that info. Good selling point. Might be a good time to test-prep with the actual exams, if they are paid for already.

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