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Would an AWS certificate be worth my time? (self.cs_career_questions)

submitted 1 year ago by chrischryse to c/cs_career_questions

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As a recent grad in Computer Science I recently ggot a job as a Deployment Enginneer.

My end game is to be a DevOps engineer. I am interested in cloud computing and would like to learn more with AWS.

That being said would getting an AWS certificate be worth it? If so which Associate ones would align with my goals. If not is there any other certificates (non AWS) but DevOps or cloud related that would be recommended?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At least get Cloud Practitioner. It's pretty easy. I would recommend getting all three Associate certs as well. The knowledge is well worth the cost.

I've been in the DevOps world for as long as there's been one. I have literally never seen anybody with any kind of DevOps certification. It would not mean much to me if they did. DevOps proficiency comes from a willingness to learn and experience. That's it. The cloud certs are good became the process of standing up infra can be complex. The training will help speed up the learning process.

DevOps is a great segment to be in. It's never boring. There's always something to do. If you are willing to learn on the fly, with or without formal training, you can go pretty far.

[–] chrischryse 1 points 1 year ago

Oh cool, that’s good to know I’ll consider those four then. I’d really like to stand out and I’m still trying to learn on my own.

Would you have any good learning sources for DevOps stuff?

And I’ve heard it’s great which is why I’m interested. I’ve heard it’s like the software side of IT and software engineering which peaked my interest especially working IT for 6 years :)