It depends on the client obviously, but you could come at it from another angle. For example, if you got to grips with something like Ansible and published a few playbooks on GitHub which gained popularity, the stars are as good a sign as a piece of paper that you know what you're doing. Just a thought.
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While I was waiting for my LTD admin I did a few bits on AWS using acloud guru courses. Cheap and the exams weren't tooooooo expensive.
I did Solutions architect and developer associate after a few (3-4) part time weeks of study.
Was far more useful to me as a PM than Prince 2 that I've held (and refreshed) for 10 years+
All in all, two certs for less than £500 including exam fees was worth the investment. Once you pass those you can join the APN and sit lots of online partner type quals for nowt.Comment
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GDPR?
Free course here: https://info.varonis.com/gdpr-attack-plan
Blog post from the author with some extra background: https://www.troyhunt.com/free-course...r-attack-plan/
I did a sample test for the Foundation certificate (this course, which has a reasonable fee for distance learning and includes a remote proctored exam) and got 75% without reading the material.
GDPR goes live in one year - lots of projects wanting people with relevant skillsComment
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