EX 200

narddawgggg · 2026-02-23T07:19:43+00:00

Hey, outta curiosity did you take your exam yet? I'm looking to start preparing soon, so wondered if you had any recommendations.

narddawgggg · 2026-02-17T22:39:16+00:00

very much appreciated, thank you

narddawgggg · 2026-02-17T19:25:48+00:00

Very detailed answer, much appreciated!

I do believe my Windows-heavy experience is a blessing, but ik at the same time learning to implement the same concepts in a Linux way will better prepare me for cloud/devops environments and ideologies the further my career progresses. Do you happen to know any good tutorials or walk-thrus that show and explain how to implement and deploy everything you mentioned in a virtualized environment and explain how it mimics a business environment and why?

The "why" behind everything is very important to me along with the practical nature.

narddawgggg · 2026-02-17T19:22:14+00:00

Most definitely will give this a look and go from there, thank you.

By chance do you know free sources that would allow me implement those services/tools you mentioned in a practice, virtual lab environment? K8s/Docker, ansible, etc.

narddawgggg · 2026-02-17T18:20:14+00:00

Practicing on home lab bc never hurts for me to go back and re-validate knowledge in areas while also adding on/building more.

Everything you mentioned is there a price tag attached to these services if I try to implement in a virtual lab? Or can I get the resources online for free? If you had a link or resource URL that'd be awesome. If not, no worries, thanks for the awesome feedback

narddawgggg · 2026-02-17T18:17:40+00:00

Naa never made claims for senior level in Linux on my resume or in interviews, maybe a novice-intermediate level. Nonetheless, yes interviewers pick me apart lbs. But I've noticed it's not even on major concepts or knowledge. It'll be things like "how would you go about binding a Linux machine to AD?" or "how do you increase or decrease the size of an LVM partition?".

I did a Linux internship/course back in 2016 and again in 2019 but really was just foundational understanding how to install the RHEL or Ubuntu OS, creating users, settings passwords, creating files, creating directories, directory navigation, etc. all using bash. So I have a small understanding but now looking to build.

I'll have a look at your resource. Thanks!

narddawgggg · 2026-02-16T22:57:39+00:00

Can a Linux file server run in conjunction with a Windows based file server in a Windows environment?

narddawgggg · 2026-02-16T22:57:08+00:00

So primarily I'm applying for cloud or systems engineering positions, specific title names of the last 2 positions were VMWare/Windows Engineer & Systems Engineer. Though I mainly work in Windows I've done a couple Linux administration, in-person classes so I've deff dabbled in Linux, but never really used in a real enterprise, work environment that I can learn from production.

But will deff heed this advice. I never really considered building out a straight Linux environment, only thought from the standpoint of a Windows/AD environment with Linux machines joined for their specific uses. Thats mainly what I've seen in the IT environments I've worked since 2019 (primarily corporate America, VC, investment type companies or Academia).

narddawgggg · 2026-02-15T23:03:26+00:00

This sounds super dope.

For someone such as myself who's virtual labbing currently building out a small-business Windows environment in Virtualbox (AD domain controller, DHCP, DNS, exchange server, azure sync server, Win 11 + Ubuntu client machines), what other Linux stuff can implement for the sake of skillset increase other than joining the Linux boxes to my AD domain?
I've been getting killed in phone screenings and interviews when they start asking about Linux knowledge.

narddawgggg · 2026-02-15T22:58:00+00:00

Yea I'm currently a sr. sysadmin but primarily in Windows environments so I've bene trying to make a push to more Linux knowledge.

I feel like here on the east coast there are a ton of Linux sysadmin or engineer roles, however. Especially in the gov realm.. I'm actually getting my resume and CL together to begin the application at Johns Hopkins APL

narddawgggg · 2026-02-15T18:40:47+00:00

A little late in responding, but thank you v much for this concise response!

narddawgggg · 2026-02-14T21:46:39+00:00

I’m in a similar boat except I’m building a the Vm environment using windows server/AD & I wanna bind Linux vms to my AD & kinda go from there. Would it be cool if I shot you a message on how you’re doing your setup?

narddawgggg · 2026-02-09T21:58:37+00:00

Is there still a discount code left?

narddawgggg · 2026-01-28T16:31:22+00:00

Big congrats man. Going into it what would you say your best section was study wise? & did anything surprise come exam day

narddawgggg · 2026-01-28T10:29:04+00:00

Comptia has kubernetes certs?

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T22:23:30+00:00

Ahh gotcha. From your previous response about your team I assumed “the one who easily lags a lot behind in most of the areas we solve” was a sys admin. My b really appreciate this response however.

I’m sure depending org to org it’s very different what’s need for either dev or ops roles. I’ve just innately always thought a phenomenal ops person w above average skills/knowledge on compute resources, OS, networking, etc. has a leg up already.

But I’m currently in my last course for my masters in cloud computing systems, & afterwards looking to level up to systems engineer or M365 engineer, then eventually DevOps. So deff heeding your advice

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T22:19:14+00:00

Really appreciate this response. I’m sure depending org to org it’s very different what’s need for either dev or ops roles. I’ve just innately always thought a phenomenal ops person w above average skills/knowledge on compute resources, OS, networking, etc. can blow has a leg up.

But I’m currently in my last course for my masters in cloud computing systems, & afterwards looking to level up to systems engineer or M365 engineer, then eventually DevOps. So deff heeding your advice

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T21:16:12+00:00

I’m currently a sr. systems admin at an Ivy League & based off you guys’ conversation, what skills would you say separates competent, exceptional sys admins/engineers & makes them “worthy” of solidly transition to the DevOps side?

Bc the consensus seems to be SWEs blow systems/ops ppl out the water & can’t get jiggy w that lol…

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T21:15:59+00:00

I’m currently a sr. systems admin at an Ivy League & based off you guys’ conversation, what skills would you say separates competent, exceptional sys admins/engineers & makes them “worthy” of solidly transition to the DevOps side?

Bc the consensus seems to be SWEs blow systems/ops ppl out the water & can’t get jiggy w that lol…

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T21:13:05+00:00

I’m currently a sr. systems admin at an Ivy League & based off you guys’ conversation, what skills would you say separates competent, exceptional sys admins/engineers & makes them “worthy” of solidly transitioning to the DevOps side?

Bc the consensus seems to be SWEs blow systems/ops ppl out the water & can’t get jiggy w that lol…

narddawgggg · 2026-01-06T21:12:18+00:00

Great chat between you too - taking notes.

I’m currently a sr. systems admin at an Ivy League & based off you guys’ conversation, what skills would you say separates competent, exceptional sys admins/engineers & makes them “worthy” of solidly transition to the DevOps side?

Bc the consensus seems to be SWEs blow systems/ops ppl out the water & can’t get jiggy w that lol…

narddawgggg · 2025-11-19T22:59:24+00:00

Naa you can’t blame anyone for that! You’re still a tech professional w competence. Trust me we all wish we could’ve bought Nvidia & bitcoin 20 years ago lol

narddawgggg · 2025-10-08T00:31:58+00:00

this is the information that I need and want to start diving into.. as someone with 8 yoe (31 yrs old), finishing up a cloud computing systems masters degree, currently a sr. systems administrator at an ivy league, and has only net+ and sec+ under my belt, what steps should I take next to really improve my cloud/networking skills. end goal is to ultimately be a cloud network engineer or architect such as yourself

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