I want to pass a Teradata Database Certified Associate exam next
year, so I tried to remember what I knew about Teradata
certification process when I last wrote some SQL for it. Actually, I
last contacted Teradata in 2014 and first wanted to become certified
in 2012. Then, in 2012, I even bought a book, an official 'Teradata
12 Certification Study Guide: Basics' using a Kobo e-books service
(never used it neither before nor after and even never heard of it
in any other context). All Teradata 12 certifications will become
officially unsupported in 2019. Now one can certify either for
Teradata 14 or join a new certification track, named simply Teradata
Database (without exact version). All Teradata Database
certifications won't have a version number attached to them but will
have an expiration date, e.g. an Associate level certificate will
expire 5 years after obtaining it (given one doesn't receive any
so-called job role certificate, namely Developer, DBA or Architect).
The main question now is how to prepare. The preparation path for
Teradata 14 Basics is already well-treaded: there is an official
900+ pages study guide (yes, Teradata likes thick books) and a
mobile application ('TCAPP', Teradata Certification APPlication) for
Android and iOS in which one can buy a 100 sample questions package.
Those who already hold Teradata 14 Basics certification can bypass
the Associate exams in a new track. Even more, the 14 version Basics
exam duration is two hours, and the Associate one is only 75
minutes. Also, the Associate exam only includes multiple choice
questions and doesn't require six months of hands-on experience,
unlike the older version. So I bet on materials for Teradata 14.
There are also ca 40 free official sample questions online for it,
and an introductory user guide which as I remember usually is nearly
the same as a study guide.
I've already taken two free online courses from Teradata Education
Network which are recommended as a preparation for the Associate
exam but they were quite weak, and I didn't manage even to answer
all free sample questions. So, there are many things to do in a
meanwhile:)
