Building credibility and getting certified

It is hard to argue that the Cloud is not an important technology shift. We have established that AWS is the clear market and thought leader in the cloud space. Comparing the Cloud to an earthquake, we could say that it started slowly as a slight rumbling that started getting louder and louder, and we are now at a point where the walls are shaking, and it’s only getting stronger.In the market share, influence, and adoption of AWS section, we introduced the concept of FOMO. We mentioned that enterprises are now eager to adopt cloud technologies because they do not want to fall behind their competition and become obsolete. Hopefully, by now, you are excited to learn more about AWS and other cloud providers, or at the very least, you’re getting a little nervous and catching a little FOMO yourself.We will devote the rest of this chapter to showing you the path of least resistance for becoming an AWS guru and someone who can bill themselves as an AWS expert. As with other technologies, it is hard to become an expert without hands-on experience, and it’s hard to get hands-on experience if you can’t demonstrate that you’re an expert. The best method, in my opinion that you use to crack this chicken-and-egg problem is to get certified.Fortunately, AWS offers a wide array of certifications to demonstrate your deep AWS knowledge and expertise to potential clients and employers. As AWS creates more and more services, they continue to offer new certificates aligned with these new services. Following are the available AWS certification listed on the AWS website as of April 2022.

Note: Above list does not include AWS SAP specialty certification, which is currently under beta and will be available for everyone to take tests starting April 26, 2022.AWS continuously updates existing certification exams to accommodate all new services and feature launches. Let’s review the available certifications and how they fit into your career aspiration to enhance your existing skill in the Cloud.