Reviewing Azure's Data Engineer Certificate DP-203 - Is It Worth Your Time And What Will You Learn?

Such a helpful video. Covered so many importants points.

Thanks for sharing your ideas Mark!

Good video but please practice your speach patterns and adjust your mic setup. It's actually unpleasant to listen to at times.

The DP-900 is valid for a data analyst?

Hi, great video thanks for making this and please where can I find projects to practise and improve my data engineering skills in Azure?

Certificates are useless, including this one. Not once have I been asked about about credentials. All I had to present my work experience and crack technical interviews. Do not waste your time on certificates.

Love your videos 🤝

Thank you!

Hey Ben..Im from PLSQL background with 3+ years of experience and have basic knowledge on Python. Im more interested in data analysis but I have no experience thinking of taking this Azure Data Engineer Certificate. What is your opinion on it,Is it correct decision to take this certification to go forward in my Data Analyst path.

Thanks Ben. It was a much helpful video. :)

I have been building Data solutions on Azure for more than a year now and parallelly I work a lot on Power BI. I was thinking to go for this certification so that I get more overall understanding of different ways to especially transform the data. I have mostly used SQL (Synapse SQL serverless pool ) and data flows to do my transformations but now I want more control and flexibility while I do transformations and I believe I can get that using Python/Scala on Databricks. Will this certification help me with learning practical scenarios involving Python and scala? I don't want just basics, I want to solve some real problems. Any suggestions on whether I should invest time on DP 203?

Finding right communities and Networking is something that can help you excel ij your career at a faster rate. Well said !!!!

If I could take only one Data Engineer certificate, which would you recommend?

Love the channel. I would like your opinion on something. Do you believe that focusing on the cloud is the best path for a Data Engineer? It seems as though every corporation will be on the cloud in some measure. At a minimum, there will be some sort of hybrid solution, e.g. archiving data storage.

@Seattle Data Guy which certificate should we aim for if we work with these Azure services and also with Databricks, DP203 or Databricks DE Associate?

Just passed my DP-203 a couple weeks back. If you have no knowledge of SQL do not expect to pass this.

Hey I finished the Khan Academy course over SQL, and I have taken a college class on Python, Calculus 2, and Statistics. If I were to study and pass this exam, what else would I need to do to get an entry level role as a data analyst with no degree?

Hi, what do you think about snowflake certifications? starting ofc from snowpro and then maybe data engineer spec? thanks ;)

Iam a beginner in data engineer and at 4th year of college so I have a free coursera enrollment from our college side . Can I go with this Dp 203 on coursera or go with any other?

I have auditory issues.. the high pitches and energy triggers my rhythm.. :( at least I can kind of follow along with the CC subtitles..

Hi, I have 15+ years of IT experience which comprises Java development and solution design primarily in the Integration space (Integration Architect).
I am interested to take up this Azure Data Engineer Certification.
I have good knowledge of SQL and Java. But NO knowledge of Python/Scala. Will this be a show-stopper for me? Or will I be able to manage as long as I have programming knowledge?

Please share your thoughts. Will wait for your comments before I start my Coursera lessons :) Thanks!

Hi Ben! Thank you for your suggestions on your last live. After rewatching your GCP/IBM and Azure certification videos I decided to ditch GCP and go for Azure as I believe it's better suited for my Data Analyst background (also I work a ton with Microsoft's PBI). Have you noticed any important differences between Coursera prep and the free Microsoft prep? Main differences I see are practice questions at the end of each course on Coursera and the 10th course is an overall exam prep on Coursera while Microsoft has a Data Streaming course. Planning on going for the free Microsoft prep and enroll on coursera to tackle all test preps at the end.

Excelente! Parabéns pela explicação. Principalmente no final sobre a possibilidade "mágica" de contratação que as pessoas acreditam que existe.

Hey Ben! I just graduated college and start my first job as a Data Engineer next week. My manager asked me to outline some goals that I have for my first 6 - 12 months. He's mostly looking for what skills/technologies I want to learn. I have some ideas of what I want, but what do you think are the big things are for recent college grads entering the Data Engineering field in 2022?

Hey hi ! I want to start my journey to be DE . Could you suggest me some courses and skills please. I will follow you

Good day Ben, I'm a total beginner in data engineering with no prior experience or knowledge on the data science field and I am taking a course from coursera, Intro to data engineering..
What would u advice after I'm done and while I'm still at it. Thanks in advance

Thanks for this video. I have just started as a data analyst at a FAANG company, but I want to prepare to become a data engineer in the next couple of years.

As someone who up until recently worked as a DE with Azure technologies, this is really good information. It is realistic too. Thanks again, and congrats on hitting 30k.

I have az 900 and dp 900 but when i searched in LinkedIn they want these certificates along with 3+ years of experience.

By the way, all three Azure Fundamentals certs are free to take just by signing up and attending the corresponding Microsoft Virtual Training day

Hey, I just wanted to say that I just passed my azure data fundamentals certification two hours ago . It's not much but it's a beginning and I'm happy for that

Hey ben great video, I highly suggest jorge’s udemy course too for DP-203 it helped me a lot

Open a PR for the online curriculum! This is gold!

You posted this on the day I took and passed the exam 😅

As far as I have seen having this certificate is good for those applying in Microsoft or other companies that rely on Azure for their DE purposes. There is a preference for candidates having knowledge on Azure so I guess you're more on the highlight to get shortlisted. The rest about clearing the interview solely depends on your skillset and communication , certificate only acts as a passport to get you there.

Nice video, thanks !
I think certs are a good way to get book/domain knowledge but nothing beats hands on experience.
Certs can definitely help start the conversation and open some doors.

Currently doing the IBM DE program. I am a MIS major (prob should’ve done comp sci but I’m almost done so I’m not going to switch). I liked your last point on the networking being better overall, that’s a good thing for people to realize. I will say I have been trying to connect with a lot of people on LinkedIn that are DEs so that when I complete this cert and then a project they will see it and hopefully recognize my efforts and skill. I think that’s a good path?? as I don’t know how Amazon or other big companies treat these certifications. Another thing, I’ve seen on Reddit that a lot of big tech focus on visualizing data too. So would Microsoft’s data analyst cert be good to do for the python and P BI aspect? Great vid!

Where do you think time is better spent, certification or building showcase projects. When trying to enter the market

Hey Ben, the AWS cert hasn't been called Big Data since two years ago! It's now called the Data Analytics - Specialty. I think it's important to mention other(although less important) certs like Airflow, Terraform, Spark, snowflake and dbt (coming out in the fall)