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            5 --[ Earned my Terraform certification but not for a good reason
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            8 This is a bit of a rant, I just need to vent.
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           11 I work as a Platform Engineer, and I use Terraform daily for deploying
           12 infrastructure in Azure/AWS and writing modules. The problem is my
           13 current place of employment; they have a very unique take on Terraform
           14 design that goes against many, scrap that, all documented best
           15 practices. This is a "design" decision they have actively chosen.
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           18 Normally, I don't really care for certifications; the only ones I have
           19 ever obtained were the AWS Certified Solutions Architect and, prior to
           20 that, the Linux Foundation's LFCS. Both have since expired and I never
           21 bothered to renew them. On a side note, I really liked the LFCS; it was
           22 a practical exam. I was given SSH access to a server on which I had to
           23 carry out various tasks and fixes.
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           26 Anyway, I am quite worried about losing my current skill set. In my last
           27 place, we used enterprise-grade products such as Terraform
           28 Cloud/Enterprise and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform however in my
           29 current place its definitely somewhere where they prefer to spend a LOT
           30 of time attempting to roll there own custom solutions.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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           33 However, as I don't have access to Terraform Cloud/Enterprise anymore,
           34 I have been out of the loop for a around year now. I ended up reaching
           35 out to someone I know and managed to get access to an enterprise
           36 account. With that access, I have been experimenting during my personal
           37 time to stay updated with all the new features I have missed over the
           38 past year. Then today, I took the Terraform Certification Exam 003 and
           39 passed with a 91% score. Woo! [0]
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           42 Given the changes in my current role that have limited my hands-on
           43 experience with Terraform Enterprise, I did feel compelled to take the
           44 exam and gain certification. This way, I can now at least provide
           45 tangible evidence of my proficiency in using some form enterprise-level
           46 Terraform along with my past experience with it, which I can, sadly, no
           47 longer claim to apply in my current role as it stands.
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           50 0. gopher://jay.scot/9/files/mine/HashiCorp_Certified_Terraform_Associate.pdf
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           53 .EOF