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Learning plan for a sysadmin + devops person
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Learning plan for a sysadmin + devops person

Hi there

I would like to become a master Linux sysadmin and a devops engineer.

Could you please suggest me a resource/learning path?

Thank you
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  • AndreixAndreix Member, Host Rep

    Nice strategy!
    Your brother will develop WP sites and you'll manage the server backend!

    Thanked by 2Calin gwnd1989
  • CalinCalin Member, Patron Provider
  • It's like being a mechanic, just buy an old broken car. Problems will teach you everything :)

    in your case,
    dell r x10 series, hp gen 8 series, and virtualization, and many websites. You will learn everything in a few years :)

  • FatGrizzlyFatGrizzly Member, Host Rep

    I heard few enterprises like people having certificates from RHCSA

    Thanked by 1gwnd1989
  • VoidVoid Member

    What more can an Allrounder IT specialist learn ?

  • TekoTeko Member
    edited February 1

    rm -rf /
    u r ready to be a sysadmin and run this on ur boss's server

  • @jmaxwell said:
    What more can an Allrounder IT specialist learn ?

    Anyone can learn

  • Thank you good sirs
    Really appreciated

  • bootboot Member

    LowEndUniversity

  • @boot said:
    LowEndUniversity

    Nice idea!

  • amazing. thanks a bunch!

  • DrvDrv Member

    Hire someone and let them be liable. Beeing incompetent can land you in jail.
    xD

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @tra10000 said: It's like being a mechanic, just buy an old broken car. Problems will teach you everything

    That's essentially how I learned Linux. Back in the early 90s I downloaded it Linux (Slackware floppies, baby!) and proceeded to install it, break it, try to do things with it, fix it, etc. Today you have so many more options with virtualization.

    @FatGrizzly said: I heard few enterprises like people having certificates from RHCSA

    Eh...

    I have some respect for the RHCE (and also CCNA and OCM) because they require people to actually demonstrate their skills in a live, hands-on lab. Everything else you can google "(exam name) dump" and find the exactly questions and answers that are asked. I mean, the exact answers - a 9-year-old could pass them just by memorizing the right multiple choice to a couple hundred questions.

    I really pay no attention to certs at all when interviewing people because the system is so obviously abused.

    And the whole exam thing is a bit bizarre. I mean, what is the scenario - you're on an isolated desert island with no access to the Internet or vendor manuals and you have to answer trivia questions in a time limit. What does that prove? If it was an interview board that did an oral exam plus a hands-on where you had to prove your mettle to your peers, that'd be one thing but 100 multiple-choice is just silly.

    Governments sometimes require them, and sometimes consulting companies that market to governments.

    The chief value of some of these certs is to provide you with a comprehensive outline of what a baseline level of knowledge looks like, i.e. a syllabus. Personally, when I did a bunch of Oracle certs 20 years ago, about half of it was wasted time because my employer never used those particular features, which is typical.

    Thanked by 1gwnd1989
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