Suitable certifications for people already in tech lead role

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Hi, I am a tech lead at major financial firm and I am assessing option for career progression. I do not want to be in people management only role. I want to pursue solutions architect or principal engineer kind of roles. Could you suggest if there is any suitable certification for this? PMP or CAPM seem to be project management but not strictly technical. Appreciate any inputs.&nbsp;

Rajuvayua · Accepted Answer

Principal Engineer? That doesn't need any certification, or for solutions architect - it's all about making an impact on the business of a company. Principal Engineer are who create an opportunity for the company to create something which they can sell or generate revenue from. I don't think any certification would validate your credentials to become a Principal Engineer.

dahlbytes · Answer

https://aws.amazon.com/certification/exams/?nc2=sb_ce_exm

Pick the one you want- AWS SA (professional) is probably the one you want specifically.

There is also Azure SA: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/azure-solutions-architect/

Oracle has a couple as well but may not be what you're looking for: https://academy.oracle.com/en/resources-oracle-certifications.html

colloquial · Answer

Besides platform specific certifications (AWS, IBM, etc) there's a couple-

Software Engineering Master Certification (SEMC) from IEEE may be valuable in some circles but I haven't seen this one too much. It's also 900 bucks if you're not a member of IEEE.

Scrum Master (CSM) is common but that may not be what you are looking for if you want to move away from people management.

Get a phd or at least earn a masters if you dont already have one. Not sure how much else you can certify once you reach a certain level of professional experience. At that point you're supposed to be competent enough to be able to do most things and focusing on the leading edge

Munkers · Answer

From the solution architect perspective, normally people will pick a platform and start there. If the firm you are at using Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, etc I'd suggest looking at the certs for that because it will be the easiest to ramp up on.If your role does not involve any existing cloud or vendor specific tech, you can look to each of those for "foundation" type tests to take just to start dipping your toes in the water.  Its fairly easy to do the foundation certs for each cloud and then expand from there.It also doesn't hurt to look at cloud or platform agnostic certs like Hashicorp because that automation and orchestration tooling would be handy anywhere.

bobbytrick · Answer

Hello,

I am aware of two certifications for Solutions Architect that AWS offers, at the Associate and Professional levels.

For Principal Engineers, Java has programming certifications for Associate, Professional, and Master levels.
You could look into the above, or respective certifications for the language of your interest.

I hope this gives you some guidance.

Suitable certifications for people already in tech lead role

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