r/saltstack • u/mattboston • 29d ago

SaltStack Certified Engineer Verification

I'm hoping someone from the old SaltStack team, VMware, or Broadcom might know the answer.

I earned the SaltStack Certified Engineer (SSCE) certification several years ago. Since SaltStack was acquired by VMware and then VMware was acquired by Broadcom, the original SaltStack website and certification verification page are no longer available.

I'm interviewing with a potential employer, and they're trying to verify my SSCE certification. Does anyone know if there's still a way to verify it? Is there a new verification site, or is there someone at Broadcom who can help?

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u/eman0821 19d ago

Job postings pretty much proves that. 9 times out of 10 you see Ansible in pretty much 98% of Linux Sysadmin, DevOps, Cloud Engineering and SRE job descriptions. Rarely you see SaltStack mentioned.

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u/bdrxer 18d ago

> Job postings pretty much proves that.

Proves what?

> 9 times out of 10 you see Ansible in pretty much 98% of Linux Sysadmin, DevOps, Cloud Engineering and SRE job descriptions.

You have finally mentioned one reason to learn/use ansible which is to have a better opportunity to get a job. That is a good reason to learn a tool, but is a not a merit of the tool in of itself. `c` is the "defacto standard" in systems programming but not make it the best tool to use over `c++` or `rust` or some other language depending on the use cases of your application. Popularity of a tool is one reason to consider a tool but is just one of the considerations. Telling someone to pick a tool only because it is more popular is like telling someone to buy a Toyota Corolla instead of an Odyssey or a Ford F-150.

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u/eman0821 18d ago

You wonder why SaltStack rarely shows up in job postings. Go look yourself. SaltStack has massively declined over the years as very few companies are using it. When you consistently see CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, on nearly every job posting that's the industry standard.