Created 07-12-2015 09:25 PM
Hi Cloudera Team,
I am planning to give Hadoop CCD-410 certification.I am basically working on Mainframes, planning to switch to Big Data side of things.
Now when i see that current CCD-410 is getting replaced by CCP-Data Engineer i have below points.
1) CCP-DE is more hands on course covering entire gamut of Apache Ecosystem where as CCD-410 acts more like that somebody knows basic
of Hadoop and has basic qualification to start working on Hadoop projects.
2) While both the certification have different objectives,completely scratching off CCD-410 does not make sense.People like me can cross train
themselves, get this certification and try their luck in Big data world,whereas CCP-Data Engineer being more hands on under rigorous time
time constraint fits for people who have tried their hand in Big Data projects for 3-5 years.
3) As said earlier,people like me will more likely to go for CCD-410 and then switch to Big Data rather than risk directly taking CCP-DE,and in country
like India these kind people will be atleast tens of thousand.
4) In case,CCD-410 is scrapped,above set of people will be switching to entry level certifications from Hortonworks or MapR etc,which does not
make business sense to cloudera.
In light of above points - i would suggest that ( i can just suggest !!) please keep the 'theorotical' exam like CCD-410 intact (i know it involves
some practical knowledge as well) for entry level proffessionals trying to switch to Big Data side.Maybe you can come out with another version
which covers more Hadoop echo systems in somewhat more details but emphasis should be more on knowing of basics.
Also Exams like CCP-DE would fit the bill of experienced Pro havings hands on Hadoop.
P.S - I would request to take this mail right up to decision making team at the top as this concerns many many proffessionals like me.
Thanks,
Syed Rizvi
Created 07-13-2015 07:53 AM
Hi Syed,
Thank you for your input and suggestions. It's an interesting feature of the tech industry, this desire to be certified before being able to do anything meaningful; to be certified before one has any skills or can contribute to the job they're being hired to demonstrate those skills.
We hear the opposite complaint more frequently:
- that people who get "minimally-qualified candidate" certifications don't have the skills to do the work
- that our customer hire certified people who have "theoretical knowledge" from reading a book (or using a test dump) and who fail them and cause project failures
- That employers want proof of skills
In Big Data, we have a skills gap, not a desire-to-have-skills gap. We're working with our customers, partners, and community to close the skills gap in meaningful ways that help those communities be successful.
Created 07-13-2015 04:08 PM
Hi Brad,
Thanks for the reply..While i do understand the fact that cloudera wants to be associated with something very relevant to companies/communities
it works with,i still cannot fathom the fact to completely scrap the exam altogether.
Instead of completely scrapping the exam - the existing certification could have been evolved to be more stringent in terms of level of
questions/practical scenarios covered/demanding better understanding of the echo systems.
What i see here is - the number of cloudera certified folks will go down drastically (currently people with 3-5 years of experience also do not
have the range of echo systems covered practically as expected in CCP-DE).Hence CCP-DE will remain the option for select elite,with entry
level folks will be forced to look for other alternatives.
Thanks,
Syed Rizvi
Created 07-13-2015 04:20 PM
your comment:
"Instead of completely scrapping the exam - the existing certification could have been evolved to be more stringent in terms of level of
questions/practical scenarios covered/demanding" is an exact definition of the CCP exam.
We're changing the name rather than evolving because evolving is illegal -- a credential must defensibly equal across time.
Who said it would take 3-5 years experience? The first people who beta tested scored perfect or near-perfect scores and they don't have 3-5 years experience.(and time is a very poor marker of experience -- what takes one person three days to master takes others a lifetime.)
Perhaps you should take the exam before you judge it.
Created 07-15-2015 10:56 PM
Hi Brad,
SO does one need to prepare directly for the CCP-DE exam and not to enroll for CCD-410...
actually i was planning to enroll for CCD-410 exam.. but if it is no longer available in future then the certificate may also not carry more value
bcause the exam itself will be no more available..
Thanks,
Sangeeta
Created 07-15-2015 11:54 PM
Created 07-16-2015 12:39 PM
I am preparing for CCP - Data Engineer. Is there any practice exam available or about to be launched that we can practice before the exam. It seems that Hortonworks has (HDP Certification Practice Exam) with practice exams on ec2 instances at around 30 cents/hour. Is Cloudera planning to launch something similar for CCP - Data Engineer certification. If it is already there then could you please share the information.
Created 07-16-2015 02:21 PM
Created 07-20-2015 08:05 PM
Hi Cloudera Team,
I am planning to give Hadoop CCD-410 certification, i see that current CCD-410 is going to replaced by CCP-Data Engineer,so will CCD-410 be scrapped completely or it will remail as associate certification for entry level proffessionals.
Created 07-24-2015 12:37 AM