Still a Sys Admin at an MSP, but if I get my VCP cert by the end of the quarter i'll get a 5k a year raise.
I just bought the book for vSphere 6.7 so I'm hoping enough reading of that will prepare me for the test by the end of the quarter, on top of my current knowledge of vSphere / VCSA / ESXi 6.7 / etc.
I upgraded our entire office and data center infrastructure with just the knowledge I gained by having my own VMWare environment, so reading the book should get me prepared for the test enough to take it and pass by the end of September...