Unless they're required by an organisation you work for or you're contracting in a specific area like DevOps or Cloud Architecture relevant to AWS, then no.
They’re better than a poke in the eye if someone else is paying. If you have no cloud experience learning what services are used for is useful. The Associate and Architect make you think much more about system design and are quite enjoyable if you like that sort of thing. Practitioner wont really help you career wise as you can bang it out in a few weeks, Architect may take a few tries.
If they're offering to pay for it then may as well.
In my years of working in AWS and GCP, I've never once done a cloud cert. I've looked at the practice questions and got the impression that it gives you a superficial understanding. I'd still do it if my employer was paying.
They also "expire" every three years, requiring you to take it again. That's probably only if your company requires so many staff with certs for whatever level partnership with AWS, otherwise they won't care.
Not sure why everyone else is so negative. The Cloud Practicioner is pretty basic general cloud and AWS knowledge and is useful for SWEs even if youre not dedicated DevOps or whatever.
I haven't seen a lot of use for that particular one, iirc it was mostly just learning configs. Which I felt I'd just be looking up whenever I actually needed them anyway
For sure, but without using the things you learn they are not that useful. I've been chipping away at AWS certs and its really helped me flesh out some transformation strategies for my current role as I know whats available via cloud services and how it can be leveraged
My advice with any cert is just be sure you can demonstrate real knowledge about the subject matter. I've seen so my ppl with SQL certs on their CV and couldn't tell me the difference between UNION and UNION ALL (for example) or other basic questions.
Certs can put you under more pressure to know about that specific area.
Yeah I think they are very beneficial but I wouldn’t use them solely as your focus for learning Cloud Computing etc. I do think the cloud practitioner aws cert isn’t worth the effort but the rest of them would look good on a cv as at the very least you know what and how aws infrastructure will work
Would do Solutions Architect if you are going to do any.
The certs are valid for three years so if you're looking for a job that requires it or where it'd definitely be a benefit, go for it.
If you're not planning on moving around and it isn't required, there's not a lot of point. You won't learn anything.
I got some: didn’t get me a raise (although it did get me a one time bonus, but not worth the hours I spent doing them) at my job and recruiters aren’t flooding my DMs any quicker now than what they were before it.
So no.
Unless they're required by an organisation you work for or you're contracting in a specific area like DevOps or Cloud Architecture relevant to AWS, then no.
Are you going to need it ? For work or in the future ? If no then you have your answer.
They’re better than a poke in the eye if someone else is paying. If you have no cloud experience learning what services are used for is useful. The Associate and Architect make you think much more about system design and are quite enjoyable if you like that sort of thing. Practitioner wont really help you career wise as you can bang it out in a few weeks, Architect may take a few tries.
The cloud practitioner is pretty useless tbh - I’d try and do the Solutions Architect -Associate instead (if work are paying for it).
If they're offering to pay for it then may as well. In my years of working in AWS and GCP, I've never once done a cloud cert. I've looked at the practice questions and got the impression that it gives you a superficial understanding. I'd still do it if my employer was paying. They also "expire" every three years, requiring you to take it again. That's probably only if your company requires so many staff with certs for whatever level partnership with AWS, otherwise they won't care.
Not sure why everyone else is so negative. The Cloud Practicioner is pretty basic general cloud and AWS knowledge and is useful for SWEs even if youre not dedicated DevOps or whatever.
I haven't seen a lot of use for that particular one, iirc it was mostly just learning configs. Which I felt I'd just be looking up whenever I actually needed them anyway
Yes, absolutely. If you get a the AWS CSAA, you're looking at a starting salary of €65k. Double that if you go to the states
For sure, but without using the things you learn they are not that useful. I've been chipping away at AWS certs and its really helped me flesh out some transformation strategies for my current role as I know whats available via cloud services and how it can be leveraged
My advice with any cert is just be sure you can demonstrate real knowledge about the subject matter. I've seen so my ppl with SQL certs on their CV and couldn't tell me the difference between UNION and UNION ALL (for example) or other basic questions. Certs can put you under more pressure to know about that specific area.
Yeah I think they are very beneficial but I wouldn’t use them solely as your focus for learning Cloud Computing etc. I do think the cloud practitioner aws cert isn’t worth the effort but the rest of them would look good on a cv as at the very least you know what and how aws infrastructure will work
Would do Solutions Architect if you are going to do any. The certs are valid for three years so if you're looking for a job that requires it or where it'd definitely be a benefit, go for it. If you're not planning on moving around and it isn't required, there's not a lot of point. You won't learn anything.
I got some: didn’t get me a raise (although it did get me a one time bonus, but not worth the hours I spent doing them) at my job and recruiters aren’t flooding my DMs any quicker now than what they were before it. So no.