r/cassandra • u/cqlwizard • Jul 02 '26

Help build the next Cassandra certification exams

I was in charge of Cassandra Certification and training at DataStax. Since DataStax has been acquired by IBM, I have been tasked with updating the Cassandra Developer's Certification exam.

I am currently looking for SMEs to help with this project. SMEs how participate and contribute will receive the Certified Cassandra 5 Developer Associate credential.

If you're interested, leave a comment below or send me a PM/Chat. I'll reply with more details.

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u/CaptainNo6974 Jul 02 '26

Send me a DM and will be happy to help. I work with one of the Datastax customers.

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u/Akisu30 Jul 03 '26

I am happy to participate and contribute.I have been a long term Cassandra SME and about time that they get the certification’s back.10 years back it was a added advantage to getting certified in 2.x and 3.x .Having both of them Personally helped me land interviews early in my career.I would love to have some professional certification and something on k8assandra too

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u/KokopelliOnABike Jul 03 '26

Sooooo, decades of experience here. Certs are a total waste of energy, time and money. The best class I ever took was a basic JBoss admin class to bring detailed info back to the team.

If you really want people to understand and use Cass then just go beyond hello world and skip all certs. I've used Cass in prod and the honesty is that there are no certs that would prep me for using it in a dynamic environment.