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Ask HN: Are AWS Certs worth getting for experienced Devs?

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Post by Gold-Ask-lx »

I worked for big tech out of undergrad (mostly frontend/mobile for a few years) moved on to work at a few startups where I naturally switched to do more backend/cloud infrastructure work. I never got a 'formal' education in terms of masters or any kind of certs. Would it be worth it for me to start getting some Certs (like AWS solutions architect - associate/professional) if I want to switch my career towards more solutions design/consultation? I don't know many people personally that went this path. I guess I'm looking to work for reputable agencies or consultancies and get assigned to different clients/projects instead of the usual big tech route of IC for a particular team of a particular company until that company decides to reorg you to another team.

Obviously not all Certs have the same value. I think AWS Solutions Architect - Associate would be the most adjacent 'bridge' for me, is there any other ones that I should be seriously considering? Seems like theres a new one every week nowadays with AI (which I've dabbled with before in some prior projects but nothing deep or extensive).

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Post by ensemblehq »

AWS Certifications do help to a certain extent to convey your knowledge of the AWS ecosystem to consultancies and their clients. I don't have a certification but almost all of the consultancies I've worked with advocate for it just to give the client more confidence. Mind you these are the larger consultancies with larger clients so they tend to like these certifications as a signal. Have you ever had a chance to work with the various components in the ecosystem already?

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Post by Gold-Ask-lx »

ensemblehq wrote: post #5

AWS Certifications do help to a certain extent to convey your knowledge of the AWS ecosystem to consultancies and their clients. I don't have a certification but almost all of the consultancies I've worked with advocate for it just to give the client more confidence. Mind you these are the larger consultancies with larger clients so they tend to like these certifications as a signal. Have you ever had a chance to wor…

yep, i had to use the usual s3 + ec2/ecs + cloudwatch + various databases/message queues for quite a few different startups i was part of. learned all of it on the job.

i guess my question is more along the lines of "if I have these certs on my resume, is it going to pass through a lot more filters nowadays"

Re: Ask HN: Are AWS Certs worth getting for experienced Devs?

#7

Post by Gold-Ask-lx »

gokuljs wrote: post #3

I really don't understand the point of doing this certificates seriously for what joy. i literally figured out lot of things through chatgpt deployed and scalled services. I am like its that easy. you just have practice it few times thats it.

lol none of this is for "joy", I'm trying to figure out if having these certs will help me get more interviews/work

Re: Ask HN: Are AWS Certs worth getting for experienced Devs?

#10

Post by gokuljs »

Gold-Ask-lx wrote: post #7
gokuljs wrote: post #3

I really don't understand the point of doing this certificates seriously for what joy. i literally figured out lot of things through chatgpt deployed and scalled services. I am like its that easy. you just have practice it few times thats it.

lol none of this is for "joy", I'm trying to figure out if having these certs will help me get more interviews/work

This is 2021 approch dude. No one really gives a fuck about certficates. world has changed a lot. i think you need to catch up.
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