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--[ Earned my Terraform certification but not for a good reason


This is a bit of a rant, I just need to vent.


I work as a Platform Engineer, and I use Terraform daily for deploying
infrastructure in Azure/AWS and writing modules. The problem is my
current place of employment; they have a very unique take on Terraform
design that goes against many, scrap that, all documented best
practices. This is a "design" decision they have actively chosen.


Normally, I don't really care for certifications; the only ones I have
ever obtained were the AWS Certified Solutions Architect and, prior to
that, the Linux Foundation's LFCS. Both have since expired and I never
bothered to renew them. On a side note, I really liked the LFCS; it was
a practical exam. I was given SSH access to a server on which I had to
carry out various tasks and fixes.


Anyway, I am quite worried about losing my current skill set. In my last
place, we used enterprise-grade products such as Terraform
Cloud/Enterprise and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform however in my
current place its definitely somewhere where they prefer to spend a LOT
of time attempting to roll there own custom solutions.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


However, as I don't have access to Terraform Cloud/Enterprise anymore,
I have been out of the loop for a around year now. I ended up reaching
out to someone I know and managed to get access to an enterprise
account. With that access, I have been experimenting during my personal
time to stay updated with all the new features I have missed over the
past year. Then today, I took the Terraform Certification Exam 003 and
passed with a 91% score. Woo! [0]


Given the changes in my current role that have limited my hands-on
experience with Terraform Enterprise, I did feel compelled to take the
exam and gain certification. This way, I can now at least provide
tangible evidence of my proficiency in using some form enterprise-level
Terraform along with my past experience with it, which I can, sadly, no
longer claim to apply in my current role as it stands.


0. gopher://jay.scot/9/files/mine/HashiCorp_Certified_Terraform_Associate.pdf


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