I'm considering getting either the CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) certification, but I'm unsure which one would be more relevant for my situation. My company will be using Azure AKS for Kubernetes, and as someone who has no prior experience in Kubernetes, I wanted to see if focusing on one of these certifications would benefit me more in my role on a small team. Any advice?
2 Answers
It really depends on your specific role. If you’re in DevOps and will be handling deployments and CI/CD pipelines, CKAD might be better suited for you since it aligns more with developing and running applications in Kubernetes. Plus, management tends to prefer CKA for some reason, but the skills you gain from CKAD will be much more applicable to your work with AKS.
I think you should go for the CKAD certification. Since your team will mainly be working with Azure AKS, the CKAD is more aligned with what you'll actually be doing. The CKA dives into deeper admin tasks which you probably won't need for Azure-based cluster management, especially because you won't need to worry about setting up things from scratch. CKAD focuses on application development in Kubernetes, which is likely to be more beneficial for your day-to-day tasks as a DevOps person.
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