Thank you for the tips. I will get the book. I know I still have a lot to learn about linux, mostly got into linux because i can't stand win8 :) And yes I am looking for employment, but honestly I am still a beginner at linux. Thanks guys...happy 4th of july to you all! On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote: > Don't waste your money on a class. > > 1) Buy Michael Jang's book: > > http://www.amazon.com/Certified-Engineer-Linux-Study-Certification/dp/0072264543 > > 2) Work through it, doing every example once as you read and then > again once you're done. > > 3) Download Trouble Maker: http://trouble-maker.sourceforge.net/ > > 4) Run Trouble Maker several times until you can fix each problem quickly. > > 5) Review the RHCE guide and write trouble scripts for me to include > into Trouble Maker to extend it to fit all the current needs. > > At that point, you're done. You will know more about Linux than most > people that actually use it on a daily basis and should be able to > bluff your way into any Linux admin job you may want. > > -Josh > > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Craig Rosenblum <crosenblum at gmail.com> > wrote: > > I still have a lot to learn about linux, and would like to become a linux > > professional of some kind. > > > > For the last 6-7 years I have done work with ColdFusion, PHP, SQL Server, > > Oracle, mySQL, but mostly as a programmer not as a webmaster or dba. > > > > What kind of skills and experiences are required to get started as a > linux > > professional of some sort? > > > > And what kind of career fields are there? > > > > Thanks... > > > > Keep it cool.....it's freaking hot out :P > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120703/c302df5d/attachment.html>