Ohhh... another new cert! Autocode+

[Jill West]

Pre-draft objectives are posted for a shiny new cert: Autocode+. And based on its exam code, I'm wondering if this might be the beginnings of a new cert pathway?? I'm not a coder, but this one looks like fun!

Link, and scroll down under the Pre-Draft Exam Objectives section:

https://www.comptia.org/training/resources/exam-objectives/exam-objectives-under-development

 

[precious]

Great expansion! I personally think, even if one is not into coding its still valuable, especially if it covers automation, scripting, or practical IT coding skills, bridging the gap between IT operation and coding..... Thank you for you sharing updates.

 

[jasoneckert]

It seems like a certification geared towards introductory coding for configuration management (CM) automation and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes and similar technologies in the space).

While these topics have formed the crutch of loosely-defined devops/SRE roles these past 5 years, that space is quickly moving towards one where those roles are now more focused on platform engineering. In other words, modern devops/SREs must understand the dev stack in a lot more depth nowadays, and are called platform engineers as a result (I do this currently).

And that dev stack aspect is missing from the objectives for Autocode+ (but will likely be added in a later version of the certification).

 

[Justin Miners]

Do we have any idea of a release date or timeline? I am interested!

 

[shaify]

Pre-draft objectives are posted for a shiny new cert: Autocode+. And based on its exam code, I'm wondering if this might be the beginnings of a new cert pathway?? I'm not a coder, but this one looks like fun!

Link, and scroll down under the Pre-Draft Exam Objectives section:

https://www.comptia.org/training/resources/exam-objectives/exam-objectives-under-development

Great experience it would be

 

[Jill West]

It seems like a certification geared towards introductory coding for configuration management (CM) automation and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes and similar technologies in the space).

While these topics have formed the crutch of loosely-defined devops/SRE roles these past 5 years, that space is quickly moving towards one where those roles are now more focused on platform engineering. In other words, modern devops/SREs must understand the dev stack in a lot more depth nowadays, and are called platform engineers as a result (I do this currently).

And that dev stack aspect is missing from the objectives for Autocode+ (but will likely be added in a later version of the certification).

I think this is typical of new CompTIA certs. At first, I get the impression the scope is a little misguided, but through later iterations, the exam matures significantly (probably due to high-quality feedback) and eventually shifts to a much more appropriate scope. I noticed this with Cloud+. At first, it seemed like mostly a virtualization cert, not a cloud cert. But it's come a very long ways since it's first generation.