what certs are/will gain traction?

chickenlicken09

what certs do you think will be useful for the next 5 years, not looking at any particular path but with the way tech is going what can you see a need for?

renacido

Security certs (CISSP, C|EH, CISM, CISA, CRISC, TOGAF, OSCP, Sec+) will remain in high demand, with ICS/PDC Security being a potentially lucrative niche

Virtualization (VMware, Azure, AWS)

Sharepoint (you wouldn't believe how hard of a time companies have hiring Sharepoint devs)

Systems/networking certs (Cisco, Microsoft, RH, Juniper, etc) will continue evolving with tech and remain valuable as long as you keep progressing

chickenlicken09

do all sharepoint roles require programming experience of some kind?

danny069

I second the above. Throw some GIAC certs in there and you're all set.

GSXR750K2

eddo1 wrote: »

do all sharepoint roles require programming experience of some kind?

In a word...sort of, yea? As of SharePoint 2013, "they" have done away with the design view part of the SharePoint Designer. Microsoft said something to the effect of it became antiquated because it doesn't support things like HTML5, etc. So code only from now on. May be why it's so hard to find them, many used the visual part to do their stuff.

However, Expression Web is a workaround (for now) to have a view of interface during design that can be brought over into SharePoint.

Mike-Mike

i hope CASP becomes the must have cert, since I'm about to get it

gncsmith

Mike-Mike wrote: »

i hope CASP becomes the must have cert, since I'm about to get it

I believe it will be a strong cert to have at some point; it's already almost a "must have" cert for DoD 8570 since it covers so much.

CyberSecurity

Cloud certs since a lot of government agencies are looking to transfer risk to third-party providers like Amazon.

eric.thomas

SQL and Security certs... MCSA SQL, CEH, CISSP....

Params7

renacido wrote: »

Sharepoint (you wouldn't believe how hard of a time companies have hiring Sharepoint devs)

True this. I used to work for a company which makes one of the top rated Sharepoint tools. They were hiring all the time in the developer and technical support departments.

NetworkNewb

renacido wrote: »

with ICS/PDC Security being a potentially lucrative niche

Maybe its just me having a brain fart, but what do these stand for?

knownhero

I work with SharePoint. Nice to see I am wanted

Looks like I need to get my MCSE finished.

Remedymp

A degree will probably be just as beneficial if you do NOT have one.

cyberguypr

NetworkNewb wrote: »

Maybe its just me having a brain fart, but what do these stand for?

I'm thinking Industrial Control Systems and something else SCADA related. Either that or Institute of Cosmetic Surgery

renacido

cyberguypr wrote: »

I'm thinking Industrial Control Systems and something else SCADA related. Either that or Institute of Cosmetic Surgery

Correct. By ICS I was referring to industrial control systems. I meant PCD instead of PDC though, sorry for the typo. PCD - process control domain. PCD and SCADA systems are subsets of ICS.

SaSkiller

CyberSecurity wrote: »

Cloud certs since a lot of government agencies are looking to transfer risk to third-party providers like Amazon.

I haven't heard anything about that at all.

Claymoore

Amazon built an entire region just to handle government clients.
https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/

I know lots of state and local governments that have migrated to Microsoft's Office 365.

daviddws

Too bad there is no powershell certificate. Maybe 2016 Server will include a lot of that with the nano server being included as an option.

EnderWiggin

(ISC)2 has added a new cloud certification recently, that will likely be a big deal in the future.