The Cloud Certification Trap

You are absolutely wrong, you are only talking in one perspective i.e., experienced person's one. Do not you think people of other backgrounds, college going kids, and even researchers wants to learn cloud computing. You have typical mindset like HR.

Do you recommend any platforms to get hands on cloud experience without the need of certifications?

Hello, I like your video because it has a different perspective and goes against the standard quo but I'd like to ask you what is your recommendation for people looking for a job. For example my case I'd like to land in a Data field as Data Engineer because most of my backgraound are in Database and Devops but lack of Cloud experience. thank you.

This was a good video. I think the biggest difference between today and maybe 5-6 years ago is that you could get certified and it was a springboard into a new career path. Fast forward to 2024 and the certification is now a nice to have, but you'd better have a few years of experience to go along with that certification. I also like how you spoke of collecting certifications. While it's great if you have a personal goal to master all of the aspects of a given cloud platform or several platforms for that matter, you are never going to need all of those skills unless you are a one person shop. The best route to utilizing cloud certification is to use it to distinguish yourself in a role that you already have or are closely aligned to.

Eye opening video, thanks for the guidance

If everything is a trap, what's not a trap then

U r such a brilliant❤mentor 🙏thanks for guiding And
Joke of the Decade is ——
“ Certification — It feels like they are just collecting Pokémon card😂

Here is my take. Those that complain about how certs are a waste of time do not have certs. Then you have those in the camp that collect them like pokemon cards like you stated. Then there is the "real world" experience. How do you go about getting it? Many HR IT videos state "Yeah home labs are great" while others state "Don't put that in there".

Been trying to crack to Server Admin/Network admin roles for the last 10 years and always get beaten by the under performing butt sniffers. Meritocracy is false. Many jobs promise "We love to promote from within" or "Everyone moves up" then you see many don't move up. Certs will open doors but, when many jobs currently say "X years and Y Certificates" and still skip you over. Currently I have the COmptia Trifecta and college degree, years of Open Directory and AD and got beaten out by a novice in my department. I am relegated to train new recruits and when I ask why do my recruits move up and not me? They will "let me know" and never do. You become too good at your job and get stuck there.

I wanna enter in cloud project management. I belive that currently AWS cloud certification will help me. Is there any another certification should i take?

Definitely need to put a lot of thought into what you said. It all seems true, but, in consulting especially, employees are forced to get certified in every certification that exists. Just to be ready when an opportunity knock’s.
Do you think that is a good strategy, if not what would you recommend consulting companies do otherwise?

Certifications are just a way to get pass through one of the filters of ATS. That's it. It won't help you in preliminary screening interview let alone in job

My approach is knowing the things at high level for example take courses on K8s, Cybersecurity

What about going through multiple certifications with the same subject for the extra education and practice since we are learning at home? This is what I'm doing

I love your channel. How you explain things makes it easy for me to understand complex concepts.

Give me advice sir.
I do not have a degree, I have a diploma in computer systems technician, and now I am preparing for certifications. But I can't even get entry level jobs, my resume is not being picked up. How can I even gain experience in the first place. Guide me

If certification wont do anything, atleast your knowledge and learning will increase and won't go in vain. Something is always better than nothing. Hands-on experience is must corresponding to certification

There should be a balance on both. Most of current jobs require you to have a valid certificate to apply. Skills alone will make it difficult for job. Same with cerficiations alone without skills. Most of cerficiate collectors including me does that because most of those come at a free of cost and we should take them as patnership requiments require people to be certified.

And I also feel that as most of the cetifications is an mcq and mostly towards their service. Let it be aws or gcp or anything. It should come at a nominal free if its going to be expired.

Even Kubernetes Certification have shortened their validity from 3 to 2 years.

For Kubernetes the cost can be justified as they have to maintain a heavy server and the exam is hands on. But I still don't know why a provider is charging heavily for a certification that promotes their business.

Also from one certification to a lot of certifications is where we are at even for a single provider.

And the point should be more of certifications are good if you learn and attend rather than check dumps and pass.

I take certifications for fun.

I am really interested in taking a cloud course but my biggest challenge is I don’t have a good education, I dropped out of junior high school because of financial problems. I am a very optimistic person and always give my best in everything I set my mind to. I don’t even know how to write a CV, however I believe I can take this course and become a pro. My question is would companies hire somebody like me who is uneducated and find it difficult to express myself in English? Your answer will be highly appreciated. Thank you sir

How will you get a job interview if you don't have any certification, the recruiter won't even pick your resume. After getting the interview, then the certifications are useless that's when you need to show your skills. Certifications give you a chance to enter the door if you are a beginner, without them why will they interview you compared to someone who has certifications plus some projects. You are competing with the best, you have to have extra papers to get the chance to be interviewed.

It's like "Don't take driver license, it's useless 😅". You must learn to pass cert exam, so something you understand and so, you can find some job

I see no issue with getting cert and telling people to stay away is foolish. Cert are not the one all be all but they are part of the package. There are real shortages in many area and you you going out and just practicing to get hand on and skill is not enough and all that posting on Stack Overflow will never been seen by HR and will only work for a small percentage of jobs. The truth is you need a combination of things to be valuable to companies and the cert, labs, projects, and networking are all part of it.