Understanding the benefits of being a certified architect

Studying for an exam can be a daunting prospect. Many hours need to be spent to achieve a certification, and it's not always an easy decision to dedicate a lot of personal time to achieve this goal. That said, if you currently work in the IT industry, you will know that the landscape has changed over several years. The public cloud is no longer something that worries companies, and more enterprises are shifting away from traditional on-premises solutions, meaning that the time you invest in learning new technologies will be beneficial to your career.

But why take the exam? There are several reasons why you would take this exam, such as the following:

• You have used GCP for some time and want to have an industry-recognized certification that reflects your current skill set.
• You want to achieve a new role or promotion and show that you can dedicate your own time to learning new skills that you don't get to use every day.
• There is no better way to showcase your skills than having industry-led certifications.
• You want to get acquainted with modern stack development technologies.
• You have a desire to become a multi-cloud specialist and want to be certified across the Big 3 public cloud vendors.

  Important Note

  A Forbes article recently showed that the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect is the highest-paid certification of 2019 and 2020. You can read it at https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2020/02/10/15-top-paying-it-certifications-in-2020/?sh=390a9e48358e.

Whatever your reason for taking the exam, it is important to be realistic about your expectations.