[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Is it still worth doing Red Hat certs?
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       Ask HN: Is it still worth doing Red Hat certs?
        
       With all of these recent developments, and even big companies like
       SuSE and Oracle reprimanding Red Hat, it sounds like Red Hat has
       become a blemish in the opensource world.  But as a Windows
       sysadmin who's been struggling to break into the Linux sysadmin
       world (due to lack of opportunities), I've seen that most companies
       still seem to be asking for Red Hat certs.  I know LFCA/LFCS exists
       but so far I haven't come across any adverts asking for these (at
       least, where I live).  So the question for all you peeps is, is it
       worth feeding the devil and doing an RHCSA/RHCE? Or is all of this
       just political theater blown out of proportion, and Red Hat isn't
       really evil but just a regular business doing business-ey things,
       and nothings changed in the real world?
        
       Author : dextersgenius
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2023-08-11 22:02 UTC (59 minutes ago)
        
       | xyzzy123 wrote:
       | AFAIK the people who pay RedHat money are F500, banks, other
       | enterprise and government, i.e, "boring" organisations that
       | absolutely could not care less how much RedHat does or does not
       | give back to the community.
       | 
       | If you are looking for employment in those sorts of places in
       | particular I think the certs remain valuable.
       | 
       | I do think what IBM/RH are doing is bad for the long term health
       | of their products. Linux distros live and die by the size and
       | strength of their communities.
       | 
       | Zero-sum thinking (hey, someone else is benefiting from my
       | efforts! That should be MINE!) betrays a lack of understanding of
       | the kinds of network and community effects that helped make
       | RedHat so valuable.
        
       | maxrecursion wrote:
       | The RHCSA and RHCE certs are more to show you know Linux and
       | Ansible, respectfully, rather than anything RedHat specifically.
       | The reputation of RedHat as a company doesn't really matter in
       | that regard. The certs still prove you are capable with Linux and
       | Ansible, and since they're hands on practical exams they do a
       | really good job of that.
        
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