[RndTbl] Certification guidance

[Chrinkus]

Hello, I'm a newer member to MUUG, I attended my first meeting in March. 
I left that meeting with a lot to think about but excited by the talk 
and discussions I witnessed.

(I keep typing out a big long story about my desire to learn more about 
UNIX, and more specifically Linux, but it gets long and I delete it. 
This email has been in my draft folder for a few days now, I'm getting 
to the point.)

Anyway, I'd like to work towards some level of certification. There seem 
to be a few "Big Certs" out there, Red Hat's, LPI's and the Linux 
Foundation's. For the moment I've decided to work towards the LPIC-1 due 
to the cost and apparent credibility. I have a book and am starting my 
free trial on Pluralsight to kickstart my learning.

My question is perhaps just more me seeking confirmation that I've 
jumped to some decent conclusions. LPI is Canadian-based and usually #2 
on the best-lists I've found. I'm loving the book, The Linux Command 
LIne, 2nd ed, but haven't used Pluralsight before. I landed on it mostly 
because its ads annoy me the least out of all of the online learning 
sources.

Thank you for your time,

Chris Schick

* I missed the April meeting because our kids were both sick and I 
didn't want to leave my wife alone with that mess. Looking forward to May!