IT certifications are everywhere in today’s industry, especially around cloud, Kubernetes, Linux, security, and DevOps. Some engineers see them as valuable learning tools and career accelerators, while others consider them disconnected from real production work.
In this talk, I will share a practical and balanced perspective based on both certification experience and real-world production environments. We will discuss what certifications are actually good for, where they fall short, and how engineers can use them effectively without relying on them blindly.
Luckas Bosch is an OpenShift Consultant at Red Hat and a former Site Reliability Engineer with experience managing Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms in production environments, particularly for streaming and broadcasting workloads. He holds multiple certifications including CKA, CKS, RHCSA, RHCE, and Kubestronaut, and also hosts the French tech podcast La Tangente.
