AWS certifications as a junior developer are (almost) useless.
There is this strange situation now where companies are complaining they can't hire qualified developers
And then loads of certified AWS developers complaining that they can't get a job
James Beswick described this really well in a recent article.
I think it comes down to this
Certified !== Qualified
Companies have realised that anyone reasonably smart can take a course, do practice exams and get AWS Certified.
Having that badge means very little unless you have experience building solutions.
Most importantly, have you encountered issues and been able to overcome them?
If you're a junior AWS engineer trying to work out what to do....
Build a product as if it was in production.
Think about how it will work as it scales up in users
How are you deploying it (CICD) and do you have automated testing.
Create some user documentation
And maybe most importantly
Document your process.
Why did you choose to do it this way over another?
How did you choose to use pattern X over pattern Y?
These are the things that will make you massively stand out
#aws #developer #serverless
There is this strange situation now where companies are complaining they can't hire qualified developers
And then loads of certified AWS developers complaining that they can't get a job
James Beswick described this really well in a recent article.
I think it comes down to this
Certified !== Qualified
Companies have realised that anyone reasonably smart can take a course, do practice exams and get AWS Certified.
Having that badge means very little unless you have experience building solutions.
Most importantly, have you encountered issues and been able to overcome them?
If you're a junior AWS engineer trying to work out what to do....
Build a product as if it was in production.
Think about how it will work as it scales up in users
How are you deploying it (CICD) and do you have automated testing.
Create some user documentation
And maybe most importantly
Document your process.
Why did you choose to do it this way over another?
How did you choose to use pattern X over pattern Y?
These are the things that will make you massively stand out
#aws #developer #serverless