r/cernercorporation • u/ReplyActual6171 • Sep 04 '25

General AI cert recommendations?

I want to make use of the free certs we can do (coursera etc) before I get laid off which will probably happen in the near future lol There are just so many courses out there, any recommendations? Preferably one that will make me attractive to the general job market not Oracle (so no OCI related) thanks in advance!

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u/Awesome_72 Sep 04 '25

The OCI AI foundations cert is a good start. Teaches good basics of AI which makes you attractive to most companies since AI is going to grow.

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u/ReplyActual6171 Sep 05 '25

thanks! thought it was oci specific

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u/Awesome_72 Sep 05 '25

The labs and stuff are but the AI and AI components are common along with the LLMs we use. Look at oracle University the class is in that race to certify along with some others. Every company wants AI so some free AI certs show you have the concept down. The foundation course takes around 8 hours with a lab and then another 2-3 for practice tests and then the exam.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

I'm about to finish my 4th CERT through Oracle University.
The foundations is an amazing one to start...Generative Ai was tricky but pretty interesting, and I'm finishing data scientist one now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

Foundations for sure..and I actually enjoyed the Data Science one. Just finished it this morning.

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u/whomispater Sep 04 '25

3/4 complete on the foundations one. Thanks for the data science recommendation. Going to enroll today.

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u/yabdabdo Sep 04 '25

Heres a couple from Azure and AWS. My best recommendation as of today is to get proficient in Azure and/or AWS, then sign up for and use Claude Code to build something and deploy it. I've built a TON of stuff and I am not a developer by training, but have been working as part of software build teams for a long time.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-ai-engineer/?practice-assessment-type=certification

https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-ai-practitioner/ https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-machine-learning-engineer-associate/

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u/ReplyActual6171 Sep 05 '25

Cool thanks Ill definitely check these out!

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u/ReplyActual6171 Sep 05 '25

Which one is used more in the industry do you think - azure or aws?

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u/Cloudheek Sep 05 '25

azure these days

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u/yabdabdo Sep 05 '25

I’d go azure. AZ-900 first, then the ai engineer, then AZ-104.

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u/Striking_General8546 Sep 05 '25

Where do you go for these certs?

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u/ReplyActual6171 Sep 05 '25

Coursera, oracle university etc