WGU announces the B.S. in Cloud Computing

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I just don't know how they can call it "Cloud Computing" and push it as a DevOps cert without full stack development, automation, and deep Linux knowledge, docker, Kubernetes, kafka and a bunch of others are what makes cloud computing, cloud computing. Leaving out MCSA's and Linux options severely limits what grads can do.

CarpeDiem8, if you or your husband would like some DevOps career advice I'd be happy to help, I've got a pretty decent background. BS Cloud Computing isn't going to be super helpful for DevOps.

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I just don't know how they can call it "Cloud Computing" and push it as a DevOps cert without full stack development, automation, and deep Linux knowledge, docker, Kubernetes, kafka and a bunch of others are what makes cloud computing, cloud computing. Leaving out MCSA's and Linux options severely limits what grads can do.

CarpeDiem8, if you or your husband would like some DevOps career advice I'd be happy to help, I've got a pretty decent background. BS Cloud Computing isn't going to be super helpful for DevOps.

MCSA certs don't "go away". They're a certification for that particular release. For MCSA Windows Server 2016 is the most current, but you still can get MCSA Server 2012. I just don't get why they don't cover base OS admin, either Linux or Windows. "Cloud" is advanced stuff that you aren't going to get with just an AWS cert.

The BS Cloud isn't going to hurt necessarily you but you've got a lot of learning left to do when your done if you actually plan on working in cloud. I can't stress this enough for people that want more than just a "check" box. Learn software development, or just burn through the IT degree ASAP and focus on more useful learning. The degree is a lot of wasted space that other degrees at WGU would help you better reach your goals better or faster. You can think I'm a jerk all you want but I've been in the tech industry and had enough intense interviews to know what I'm talking about. Maybe it could be useful for people to get some career feedback on there chosen degree path?

With more than 20 years in the IT industry, my husband really only needs a check-the-box degree.  I'm not sure why YOU personally care about what he does, or if WGU offers degrees that YOU don't think are appropriate.  Yes, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but yours is very narrow, and doesn't take into account the many other reasons why people get degrees.

Many schools offer degrees that I personally don't think are useful, but obviously some people do because they get them.  LOTS of people go back to school to get a check-the-box degree, lots of people get degrees that aren't super relevant to their field and learn on the job or through training, or certifications, or all kinds of things.  YOU can't possibly know the reasons people do things.

You can offer an opinion on why you think a certain degree doesn't offer what you think it should for someone who wants to work in a particular field and needs to learn some specific things - but it will only apply to some people, and some jobs. It will only apply to a narrow subset of people getting that degree.  Try to keep that in mind.