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I learned more about how to use man pages in the 3 (4?) hours of LFCS exam than I did in nearly 10 years of using unix/linux every day. It's amazing what being

• mxuribe 6y ago
  Very interesting; thanks for sharing!! I've not been interested in pursing that cert. (my day job has been lots more pointy-haired boss type of work rather than sysadmin, dev, or devops, etc.). However, i do have a colleague who is pursuing this cert., plus your note about learning manpages (as one benefit), and other anecdotes that i've heard similar to yours...makes me think that maybe i should pursue this cert even if only for my own personal improvement. Thanks again for that interesting tidbit!
  • trey-jones 6y ago
    Since you may be interested I would add that it didn't take much preparation after having worked as a sysadmin/dev/linux user for nearly 10 years, and my employer paid for it so there wasn't really investment from me. There are some targeted questions (there was a Docker question for example) that might throw you if you don't typically use the tech, but also a lot of general linux usage (grep, find, stdin/out/err manipulation, etc) so that even if you have to skip something (I didn't finish completely) you still stand a good chance of passing. I did find it to be a good exercise in some things that I don't do often (and things like using man pages), and I also would say that I feel a bit more confident and validated walking around with the cert than I did before. I also got a T-Shirt!
    • mxuribe 6y ago
      Very helpful; thanks again!