{"id":3366,"date":"2026-05-09T16:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2026-05-09T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:16:26","slug":"10-years-since-i-completed-the-lfd420-course-by-the-linux-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/09\/10-years-since-i-completed-the-lfd420-course-by-the-linux-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years since I completed the LFD420 course by The Linux Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56-700x544.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56-700x544.png 700w, https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56-800x622.png 800w, https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-From-2026-05-09-13-43-56.png 1133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 years ago today, I completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/training.linuxfoundation.org\/training\/linux-kernel-internals-and-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LFD420 training by The Linux Foundation<\/a>. About a year later, I became a professional Linux kernel developer. &#x1f427;&#x1f468;&#x1f3fd;&#x200d;&#x1f4bb;<br><br>I think back then it was about half the price it is today, and I spent basically all my savings to pay for it.<br><br>I didn&#8217;t know it at the time, but it was definitely life-changing, given my own particular circumstances, of course.<br><br>When I took it, I already had many years of solid professional experience developing embedded systems in C. I think that was definitely crucial to getting the most out of the training. So, if you&#8217;re an individual, curious about it, and can afford it, keep this in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/04\/lfd420\/\">https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/04\/lfd420\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago today, I completed the LFD420 training by The Linux Foundation. About a year later, I became a professional Linux kernel developer. &#x1f427;&#x1f468;&#x1f3fd;&#x200d;&#x1f4bb; I think back then it was about half the price it is today, and I spent basically all my savings to pay for it. I didn&#8217;t know it at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux-kernel","category-open-source-education","category-open-source-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3370,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3366\/revisions\/3370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}