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Should I get a CompTIA or other certificate to gain more selfhosting knowledge? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been on this sub and playing around with selfhosting for almost two years now but I feel like I've barely scratched the surface.

I often feel inadequate when I see people on this sub discussing what I consider to be advanced networking terms and technologies, especially when discussing remote access.

Will getting a certification like Network+ help me feel more comfortable managing my homelab?

If not, can someone recommend any resources I should look into to get good at being my own sysadmin?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's entirely up to you. I did have a bunch of such certs, but none of them were actually useful for real-world setups; the knowledge I used for self-hosting came from me mucking around on the internet and reading RFCs and instruction manuals.