Best Tech Certifications (The Top IT Certifications to Boost Your Career In 2025)

[@GoCloudArchitects]

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[@thecoderfromabove4176]

Can’t believe these advices are free

[@GoCloudArchitects]

I hope the information comes in handy for your goal.

[@ParvizEshonov]

Good advice Mike 👍 I think this video was great at outlining notable certifications you might be looking to pursue based on your goals, whether that be an architect or engineer in networking, an architect or manager in cybersecurity, an enterprise architect, or a different technology architect or leadership role. Nice job!

[@GoCloudArchitects]

Thank you Parviz!

[@diegomarche]

Precious as always

[@GoCloudArchitects]

Thank you very much. We work hard on these videos and really appreciate the kind feedback.

[@abdulmw]

Thank you Mike, best certification advice!

[@GoCloudArchitects]

Thank you

[@farukm7627]

Hi Mike, could you advise on business-related certs? MBA is very expensive and beyond the means of your average viewer. Thanks

[@GoCloudArchitects]

@@farukm7627 For better or worse learning business acumen, consulting and leadership are expensive skills to learn. That’s why these roles pay the most as there is a scarcity of people that are qualified. It’s why those with the highest salaries often invested heavily in their educations. I know personally I took significant loans for my education. Which I paid back after earning more with new skills. Unfortunately there are no real certifications for business skills or leadership skills. Just like there is no certification to be a vice president or CEO. So at the end of the day, I recommend getting training in business acumen. I know it’s part of all of our programs Or at least start reading the same books that the executives read. Read the same textbooks we all got in our MBA programs and look for opportunities to learn and improve at all times. It’s never about the certification outside of getting interviews. It’s really about your capabilities and how much the employer wants to work with you. So either way, you can still learn business accumen. In the end, it’s all about you and what you can do not any paper or certifications or degrees

[@joejoe2452]

Can one who’s new start on cloud certs like azure from beginner cert up to expert? I’m interested in something technical and more hands on not like cybersecurity just watching and analyzing stuff

[@GoCloudArchitects]

Hi Joe, Of course you can learn and get a hands on job. Please consider these facts though - the roles that are the most hands on pay the least of all roles. For example a security architect may earn 300k per year, and engineer doing a lot of analysis and planning may earn 200k per year and the very hands on security admin may earn 65k per year. Also key to think about - AI can do the hands on work of admin type roles - so these jobs can and are being replaced by AI. Roles that are not hands on like a security architect require a lot of person to person work - relationship development, presentations, entertaining clients, managing stakeholders etc That's what makes the architect roles the most stable in the world of AI Still you can get a very hands on role - just know the risks and make sure your so good that AI cannot replace you if you opt for a hands on role

[@joejoe2452]

@ thanks what would a certification path for cloud to go that path for security or architect role from beginner to expert?

[@GoCloudArchitects]

@ architecture is more about skills than certifications I’m going to invite you to a webinar where we cover the role, the skills needed to obtain the role, and then the additional certifications to round out your profile. The webinar is free and you can ask any questions you desire about building your career. gocloudcareers.com/get-your-first-cloud-architect-job-webinar-guide-youtube gocloudcareers.com/get-your-first-cloud-architect-job-webinar-guide-youtube You can also ask about other careers on this webinar and we will be happy to assist you live on Zoom.

[@alidayani4196]

what do u think of doing CRISC after CISSP

[@GoCloudArchitects]

Well what’s your long term goal. That’s most important But generally don’t recommend the CRISC unless the person has a law degree and wants to do risk management in cybersecurity Or is the person has a background in actuarial sciences who wants to focus on cybersecurity risk management and compliance Here is the reason the CRIS certification is no where close to enough for me to consider the CRISC for a heavy duty risk and compliance perspective by itself The other reason I don’t typically recommend this certification is as follows We have to look at the opportunity cost of spending time doing on the CRISC vs something saying an MBA The return on investment of an MBA would be so much superior to a CRISC certification So as a rule, it’s not one of my recommended certifications But like anything else is depending upon your goals

[@robdiego2205]

Im not sure i agree, cisco isnt what they once were so that cert isnt valued as much. I think the cissp should be #1

[@GoCloudArchitects]

The CISSP is excellent and its highly desirable. I agree Cisco is not the same company it was before. But after interviewing thousands of hiring manager's they tell me the CCIE and CCDE the most desired certification in most cases. The key difference is in the difficulty of the exam and the competency needed to pass the exam. Here is where the Cisco CCIE/CCDE shine. For example I took a CISSP bootcamp and read the official text and passed the exam in less then 2 weeks. The CCIE took me reading 75,000 pages of material, took 1000 hours of practice time and 9 months full time. So I love the CCIE, CCDE and CISSP - but these are choices based upon discussing with hiring mangers etc. As the security shortages grow that may change. Although the cloud repatriation movement may increase the demand for good networking people too.

[@parismifflin212]

@robdiego2205 I strongly disagree. Although Cisco isn’t what they once were, their certs are still in demand. However, their value depends on your career goals, the specific certification level, and how well you can leverage it in the job market. Consider the federal government as an example. A quick search on “Clearance Jobs” using the keyword “Cisco” yields over 2,000 results. These positions span a range of roles, from CCNA to CCIE, and require various levels of security clearance.