how are the two candidates you interviewed yeah you know honestly both were really great
candidates but there were some things that stood out to me for both of them one though being the
number two candidate I think I'm gonna go with them because they had way more certifications on
their resume than candidate number one you have a deciding factor between the two they both seem
to have really great Knowledge and Skills yeah honestly it's not even about you know having the
number of certifications you have but more so showing that you're willing to take initiative
they're continuing to learn and grow their skills and it looks better for the company to hire
someone with more certifications more qualified yeah it makes sense and also too it just shows
that you're more dedicated and willing to continue to level up in this video I'm going to be sharing
with you the top 10 Tech certifications for 2024. we are going to dive into a variety of different
areas of certification so if you are someone who might not be 100 certain as to where you want to
take your career in the next year this video is for you you want to level up stand out from the
crowd out and gain a really interesting certification alright let's get into it
foreign at number one can you guess what it is I feel like it's been in the number
one spot for quite a while now or a few years anyways of course it's AWS that's your hint AWS
certified Solutions architect the professional certification earlier on in this video we spoke
about the associate one after you have completed that the next step is the professional this really
has become the gold standard for engineers who want to design and deploy architecture
on Amazon's public cloud and as we know so many companies are utilizing AWS and Amazon it's one
of those things that if you are looking for a certification that guarantees you a way to
level up or stand out from the crowd you know this certification is exactly that now what's
required to take the certification well for one you need at least two years of working experience
with AWS other things that are required you must know at least one scripting language
have expertise in AWS apis and consoles and also to a familiarity with both Linux and
windows there are more prereq because it's to this one as expected with the number one spot
however you do earn a very nice salary with this on average around 170 U.S which is around 13 to 15
000 more than the average earnings of an associate certificate holder so number one spot not only for
being more in demand but also too because of you will guarantee a very good compensation
not just based on the certification but also to your experience you have in achieving that
certification coming in at number two is certified ethical hacker and this is an area that I have I
always fantasize about well I wonder if I did this certification or you know different there's so
many different opportunities in Tech and then even making this list and doing my research I
always get excited about should I go down this path or should I focus on the cloud and it's
one of those things that is easy to do because there are so many great opportunities and I'm
sure many of you have felt this way as well where it's almost like I want to do everything and in
turn I don't know exactly where to start coming in at number three is cism or certified information
security manager this actually used to hold the certification used to hold number one or number
two for many years quite a few years back actually but it's still in the top ten and I think this
is because it's really Fallen a little bit behind some of its rival uh certifications the cissp and
also to the crisc certifications other security certifications however I really wanted to include
it in this list for two reasons one because I didn't want to make this entire list you know some
of the top top popular security certifications but include other ones as well that maybe you haven't
heard about but are very high in demand now for this certification your job is essentially to
design and engineer security protocols and also to manage a company's overall I.T security so it's a
pretty a big job now according to skillsoft cisms are really well paid you can make an average of
a hundred and sixty two thousand a year U.S The Cisco certified devnet professional certification
and I really like actually on their website they have a really good chart that kind of explains
the knowledge domains recommended experience and also supported job role so if you're interested
in this certification I'll link it down below I'll link it all down below so you can really go check
each one out so for example in knowledge domains 20 software Dev 20 understanding and using apis
20 Cisco platform so it's pretty evenly spaced out that you don't necessarily need to be 100
expert in software development or 100 expert in using apis but have a solid understanding
of these different areas for levels of experience I think this is a really good one too if you are
earlier out in your career three to five years of experience designing and implementing applications
that are built on top of Cisco platforms with experience in Python so earlier on in your career
meeting even if you are just under the three-year experience level it's something to really start
looking into this is a great certification for anyone who is looking to build with
Cisco platforms but also to get into the devops space so when I'm looking up salary for this one
obviously there isn't a specific one for Cisco but let's go by devops because that's kind of the
umbrella of what the certification offers now on levels FYI for devops the medium total comp
salary in US is 145 000 which sounds right to me and you know it's one of those things that
having more certifications and experience combined will really help that grow up grow up go up coming
in at number five wait why do I look different like this is filmed another day because as I was
uploading these videos I realized I missed doing number five and it was too good that I needed to
ensure to include it coming at number five is Microsoft certified Azure Solutions architect
expert I have up here on screen the Microsoft website that goes through what is required in
this certification one thing you can see on the site that it says is as a Solutions architect you
have subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Azure some things
include compute network storage monitoring and security now there are some prerequisites for this
course some of them could be Azure administrator associate or another one who could be designing
Microsoft Azure infrastructure Solutions so this isn't a certification that you can take
without these prerequisites but it is definitely something to work towards and even starting with
one of the other ones they offer and working your way towards this all right so what kind of salary
can you expect with this certification well this one was not on levels FYI so what I did is found
one on ZipRecruiter the average salary of azure Solutions architects in the US is 152 000 and this
can definitely go up once again based on years of experience and so many other factors so take this
with a grain of salt but it's definitely something to work towards coming in at number six is Google
professional certified Cloud architect wait did I get that right Google Certified professional
Cloud architect these certifications I tell you they are mouthfuls but nonetheless they are so
important one thing I noticed when I was doing a lot of research on in demand certifications
for 2024 was the need for really two areas three areas let me rephrase that one being
Cloud the other being data and the third being security now there are some other certifications
that are in the mix between that that we speak about but those are the three main areas I have
seen so far and I think it's interesting because one of the things I was expecting to see is more
certifications around artificial intelligence as AI can continues to really Skyrocket however I do
think a lot of these certifications can be applied to specific Industries such as AI professionals
with a certification are valued for their ability to design manage and create and secure scalable
solutions for Google Cloud now it's important to note although this is Google Cloud related one
of the things that gaining these certifications does is even if you end up working for a company
that does not use Google Cloud specifically it shows that you are capable of leveling up taking
a course and getting certifications so don't let that stop you as too I'm so stuck between
something on Amazon or Google I don't know which one to take at the end of the day yes you may need
to take another certification but that won't be necessarily A make or break for a company
hiring you all right because I'm trying to stay consistent I'm on levels FYI and they don't have
one for specifically Google Cloud Architects so let's use solution architect salary just to get
a rough overview the medium total comp in US is a hundred and eighty nine thousand which
seems pretty accurate to me and I think the more specialized you are this number could really go
up coming in at number seven it wouldn't be a list if we didn't include some AWS courses or
certifications that's because they really are the golden standard especially when it
comes to anything Solutions architect related or Cloud related number seven is AWS certified
Solutions architect the associate version now this certification will really test your knowledge and
expertise in designing systems on the AWS Cloud for this certification AWS recommends at least a
year of hands-on experience so it's one of those certifications that you actually don't need to
have you know five plus years of experience you can really start diving in today this exam takes
around 80 minutes and is admined minister at PSI centers across the U.S now one of the things
I really love about the AWS certifications is there is so many resources online to really start
leveling up your skills and learning and studying I mean there are so many study groups online to
study for these courses and certifications because it is so popular now online here it says AWS
certified Solutions Architects make an average of 155 per year now this might require you to have
a bit more experience in one year on your resume however it is definitely something to work towards
coming in at number eight is for all you project managers out there or maybe you are a developer
looking to grow into a project management role and guess what exam it is this one's
been around for a while and is just continuing to be updated which is PMP project management
PNP what is this project management professional because that's what you're going to become in 2024
there's a lot of talk of new technology coming out and how to really upskill the technical side
but we often forget we need project managers to support these projects to keep them moving
forward support the team members and getting the certification isn't necessarily a requirement
for a project manager however I have seen as this space becomes more and more competitive the need
to really stand out with a certification like PMP now what is the average salary for someone with a
PMP certification for a project manager well once again on levels FYI the median total comp for
us is a hundred and thirty two thousand now once again I could say this for every role so I promise
you I won't but at the end of the day it really comes back to the experience you have not just
about the certification and I know for me anyways when speaking to project managers this seems
definitely on the low end for total comp coming in at number nine is cissp and on some lists this was
ranked even lower for a lot of list it was ranked higher so I thought you know what based on the
other ones that are coming up this is where it's going to go certified information system security
professional now what does this individual do well first of all on many of these lists it's ranked as
one of the best first certifications to take so if you haven't taken too many certifications in
the past and you're looking to level up especially in the area of security this could be a very good
first certification this certification was created by the International Information System security
certification contessorium that is a mouthful this certification teaches you how to be information
assurance Pros so people who are usually responsible for determining the security aspects
of an I.T organization's overall architecture controls and management so if you are interested
in really leveling up your security skills and moving your career in that direction this is a
great certification for you and this certification continues to grow closer to number one each year
at least for the past few years because security is one of those areas that is continuing to grow
grow in demand I mean we'd see all the time on the news or social media the hackings that are
happening around the world a lot of times at these major companies and as these big companies who
will pay a premium to have people who have taken these certifications and have expertise in these
skills now on average you have to have a minimum of five years worth of relevant experience for
this certification and based on that you can expect an average compensation of around 160
000 U.S per year now it's one of those things that it really depends on the size of company
you work for and exactly how many years of experience you have coming in at number 10
on the list is certified data professional or CDP in 2024 one thing that will remain the same or if
anything continue to increase is the demand for experts in data data is I mean we've heard it so
many times before the new oil or at this point maybe it's the old oil for how frequent that's
been said now within this credential there are many different job roles that can be filled from
business analytics data analytics data governance governance the list goes on I'm on their website
here and there is a ton of different options now this requires for the assistant certified data
professional exam it requires two exams One 60-minute Foundation data management exam and
a 60-minute foundation Information Systems core exam both of these exams have to be passed at 50
or higher now what type of salary can you expect with this certification well let's pause there
for a second before I even share that information I want to make one thing clear no matter how many
certifications you take it doesn't automatically equate to the salary you will have it takes years
of experience it takes real world applications it's not as though you can just go out and get
a certification and the next thing you know you're a millionaire however having these certifications
really will help you stand out from so many others who are applying for roles or if you are working
on say a promotion standing out from the crowd now as I mentioned there are a ton of different roles
that entail data so let's start with data let's go to levels FYI so for data scientists the medium
total comp in us is a hundred and sixty thousand now once again if you scroll down on levels FYI
you can see that this salary really increases depending on how many years of experience you have
all right those are my top 10 Tech certifications for 2024. listen there are so many certifications
out there you could say Tiff you didn't include this one or why didn't you add this one that at
the end of the day I really wanted to make a list that would satisfy many different roles
this isn't the top Tech certification list for security or for cloud Architects I wanted to
make one that had a bit of everything so if you are someone who's watching this and you might not
be 100 certain as to what's out there or what area you want to specialize in this will give
you a good overview of the different options out there alright I hope you enjoyed this video if
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