Welcome to Azure This Week, this is the show that's made entirely up of Azure
news and this week, I'm sorry, what? Nothing. We have, we've, we have, we have no news this week.
Uh, that's awkward. So we can, we can we do what?
We're doing seven, seven reasons to do cloud certifications apparently.
Okay. Um, hi, I'm Lars Klint. You're watching Azure This Week. It's kind of a special episode
apparently. Thanks. But let's start with that then. What are seven things that you might want,
seven reasons or why you might want to do cloud certification? Well, number one
makes you stand out, right? Currently there's massive amounts of demand for cloud engineers,
almost any kind of job in cloud computing. And that's not gonna go away. So if anything,
take a cloud certification to kind of prove, hey, I have some skills in this
space. And not only will you look better to your peers, of course, but you'll stand
out on resumes when you might have to find a job. Yeah. So, um, number two, um, number two.
Number two is that when you have a cloud certification, your earning potential
is actually higher. Yes. People that have cloud certifications have a higher salary.
The stats don't lie. So if you are after a little bit more to maybe buy some new toys,
then a cloud certification is well the way to go. Oh, perfect. Excellent.
All right. Number three. Well, if you're in a team and you are working with the same technology,
such as Azure or cloud computing, having a certification gives the team a baseline.
You all on the same page, you all know about the same services, you all speak the same language.
It's very important and it's incredibly powerful, and it makes the team work much better together.
So cloud certification, even if you are the first one, is a good way to get a team on the same page.
Number four, when you have a cloud certification, you get hands on experience, cuz you gotta learn.
So by going through the motions of the, you know, the, the learning and the exam and everything,
you put your hands on the tools. Well I hope you do. But if you need help with that at ACG,
we do have hands-on labs as part of the platform, which are superb. Where you
can break everything without actually breaking everything,
press all the buttons. So hands on experience is a huge part of being certified in the cloud.
All right. Number five is maybe an obvious one, but if you take a cloud certification,
you are gonna get more cloud knowledge. Yeah, it's a great way of learning new things because the
certifications are meant to make sure that you know about what's the latest and what is being
used right now. That's kind of what certifications are for. So new knowledge that you might not
have had is a really good reason to do a cloud certification. So if nothing else do it for that.
So number six is that new tech is less scary. Yeah.
If you get a cloud certification, then you have a base level of knowledge and any new
features and new, you know, services that come into that space is less scary because
you already have an idea of what it is. That's really, really handy. Number six.
All right, just one more to go. Um, number seven, right? Well do it for you.
If nothing else, do the cloud search for you. It'll prove to you that you have a certain
skillset, that you have a certain baseline. You can participate in conversations more
easily about cloud computing, and you get more confidence. There's nothing better than an exam
that you pass to, you know, provide you with more confidence boosted. Yeah. So do it for you.
All right, well I hope that was useful. That was seven reasons why you might want to consider doing
a cloud certification in 2023. And of course, on the ACG platform and the Pluralsight platform,
we have lots of courses to help you out doing just that. We've had
really good success for people actually passing based on those courses and they're not boring. All
of them are kind of like a bit of fun. So do it. Anyway, I'm Lars Klint. I hope you enjoyed this
"no news week" on Azure This Week. And in any case, let me know what you'd like to do with
cloud certifications in 2023. Let me know in the comments, send me a tweet, or however else
you can find us on social media. And until then, next time, keep coding, stay awesome Cloud Gurus.