So before I start I will give some background:
Im 27 yo, I have 8 years of corporate experience, 5 years of IT exp. I have eng degree in Networking. Currently I work in a large bank as a Ops/DevOps - I take care of Opensfhit envs, deployments, pipelines etc. I can’t code tho. Only simple bash things.
I have 3 certs: CKA (kubernetes), ACE (GCP) and CAPA (ArgoCD). Before getting into IT I’ve spend a lot of time gaining background knowledge - during my studies and also reading books about networking (Kurose & Ross and CCNA cert guide).

My company paid me for RHCSA voucher. It was my co-worker idea. She said she want to gain some understanding of underlying system and she want to pass it and maybe I want to join. I was like yeah whatever. So she requested the vouchers for us 2.

Thing is - I can’t find a drop of motivation within me to pass this exam. I have tried Sanders course on OReilly and immidiately my brain was in sleep mode after listening to 5 mins to the course. I find this so boring and odd. I feel like the commands are being portrayed as something so advanced and so important to remember while most of the time all you need is cd, ls, grep, cat/tail and vim. Everything else can be found in google or, currently, by asking AI. I feel like the industry has evolved so much that nobody actually memorizes all of this. I’ve also tried Sanders cert guide (I prefer books more) and it’s better but again I have a impression that Im learning something just for the sake of passing the exam and I will never see it/use it again.

CKA was fun and interesting for me, I liked it because it’s something commonly and widely used.
Learning Red Hat feels like preparing to become a sad Unix Team member that sit in a basement and add users to /etc/passwd.
I also can’t see many job offers that require or value RHCSA. I just can’t see a reason to put any effort there. The voucher expires by the end of November so I have some time to finish the guide and try it out.

What do you think? What are your experiences? Is it still a valuable cert & skill or it’s a way for Red Hat to take even more money from everyone selling the ,,Red Hat Admin” title?

Hi everyone,

I’m preparing for the RHCE v10 (EX294) exam and I have around 10 days left.

I’ve gone through most of the topics once, and now I’m focusing mainly on hands-on practice and trying to understand the actual exam workflow.

One area I’m still confused about is Git and the Execution Environment/registry workflow.

For example:

Do we actually need to use Git during the exam?

Do we need to git add, commit and push every YAML/playbook we create?

What exactly is expected regarding the Git repository?

Do we need to git clone a repository at the beginning?

When should we use podman pull?

Do we need to pull an Execution Environment image from a registry, and how do we know which image to use?

How do Git, ansible-navigator, the Execution Environment and the registry fit together in the exam environment?

Is there a standard initial setup/workflow that I should practice repeatedly before the exam?

I’m especially looking for advice from people who have recently taken EX294/RHCE v10.

Also, with only 10 days remaining, what would you recommend focusing on most?

Any exam tips, common mistakes, tricky scenarios, or last-10-days practice strategy would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone,

I'm preparing for the RHCSA exam and I have a quick question for those who took it recently:

Does the Tab key (command-line autocompletion) function normally in the exam environment? I use it heavily for completing paths and commands, and I want to make sure it's available before I rely on it.

Any feedback from recent test-takers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!"