Re:Use it at home/Choose your curriculum (Score 1)

I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I might add though that you should have a good idea of what your curriculum might be.

Take a look at the RHCE curriculum from Red Hat. I was very impressed at the breadth of the program while still maintaining an open-source fairly platform agnostic approach to learning *ix. In other words, they make you learn how/why rather than being a vendor sponsored marketing/upgrade program. FWIW I also thought I needed to put my $ where my mouth was so I took the RH300 fast-track course and I must admit is was _tough_ based on the mandatory elements in the exam. I think they did a good job and I'm proud to say I passed this program.

P.S. MCSE = Must Consult Someone Else