I\'ve been meaning to write this post for awhile. I\'ve gotten asked this a lot since moving to DevOps. I want to go ahead and say what I think doesn\'t actually matter but I did what I thought was the right thing to get here. So here we go\... TLDR: No -------- Your probably freaking out. I\'ll update this statement but still the simple answer is no. This is not a needed cert if your coming from a development/SRE/IT background. I\'ve found that most places are willing to let you grow and learn terraform. Also the general vibe (I\'ve experienced atleast) is that \"anyone can pick up terraform\". It\'s a slight learning curve but nothing too steep. I\'m opinionated though so I\'ll say I really don\'t like the HCL language so eh ya know? What has been my experience? ---------------------------- Honestly I haven\'t written much terraform. I haven\'t have to, but I read it a lot. I\'m now starting to try and move my manually built infra to terraform, and as I stated above I really don\'t like the HCL language. I read and write a lot of python during work and having to then go read HCL is frustrating. I would much rather use AWS cdk (I work mostly in AWS) or trying something like Pulumi (you can write IaC in python). I want to end this section definitely letting you know that this cert **DID** help me get my foot in the door to move into Devops, **BUT** not as much as my years of using AWS. What would you do different? ---------------------------- Honestly based off my time in devops and the current state of everything I would move directly into containers. Let me explain\...everyone is trying to figure out how to move things into docker containers and/or moving to Kubenetes. I have a CKAD voucher and plan to take that test in the next month, but I should have maybe done that shortly after the terraform cert. I\'ll make a short list in order of things I would learn and the certs to collect. Any cert I don\'t have I\'ll put a star next to. 1. Docker 2. Kubernetes 3. CKA or CKAD\* 4. Terraform 5. AWS cloudformation 6. AWS cdk 7. AWS SAA\* 8. AZ-900\* 9. Hashicorp Vault ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I hope this helps you decide if the terraform cert is for you. As a reminder this is my opinion, you should always ask companies what they are looking for and/or take a good look into the job description.