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Hello, blog! Wanted to share a quick life update of how I've been spending my free time in active development of myself. As Jim Rohn once said, always work harder on yourself than you do on the job. Formal learning will make you a living but self-learning will make you a fortune. While I'm working on my fortune; a subject of interest to me has been Data Structures and Algorithms. Here are some tips: Start with why? I think for me it is to have a better understanding of the systems that I'm dealing with and eventually have my own startup. Subscribe to a course or plan out things to learn [1] Get an accountability partner [2] - this is something I came across from my Toastmaster's and its been super helpful. Dedicate a certain time everyday to study for this! Upload to GitHub everyday for those green squares Try to teach what you learn to other folks - maybe join a study group if possible. Here's how my contributions look; I'm sure you can clearly tell how I'v...

Hello, blog! I recently passed the RHCSA exam and the RHCE exam. I wanted to pen down my thoughts here. RHCSA exam This was a re-certification since I had given the exam the first time on Jan 30, 2022. I believe the best resource for this is the Sander Van Vugt's RHCSA book [1]. A good trick to finding this book for free is to go to your local library and see if they have it or if they provide a subscription to O'Reilly online learning. I've gotten access to the latter through my University and through one of my employers as well. My advice would be to really understand what you're doing and to not memorize any of the commands. In my opinion; there have been many smart people involved in creating the Linux operating system and lots of thought been put into every component. If you feel like you want to learn more about why the operating system works the way it does, I recommend the Operating System Concepts book [2]. However, this goes into a level of depth that is not r...