Pick the specialisations you need and move up the status-ladder
When you’ve got the fundamentals down, you need to specialise yourself. The next obvious step is Umbraco Certified Expert which requires a total of 200 certification points*.
Have a look at which specialisations are of most relevance to you and then pick and mix from below to get a total of 200 points:
- Extending the Umbraco Backoffice
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Umbraco, MVC and Visual Studio
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Umbraco Application Integration
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Security in Umbraco
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Searching and Indexing with Examine
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Umbraco Cloud Developer
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Load Balancing and Azure
1 day online course, 50 certification points - Pssst... there's of course always time to book yourself in on Umbraco Fundamentals at this stage and earn 100 certification points. Then all you need is two of the above courses to be able to call yourself an Umbraco Certified Expert 🏅
*Be aware that from 2022, a new certification structure will be introduced - get yourself updated here before your start your certification journey (TL:DR: the most future-proof way for you to earn your Expert Certification status is by going on these 5 courses: Fundamentals, Extending the Backoffice, MVC and Visual Studio, Application Integration and Security in Umbraco)
While you're at it... why not go to the top 🏆?
After becoming an Umbraco Certified Expert, the next level - which will also be the highest possible certification level - is Umbraco Certified Master. A master is truly someone who masters everything and keeps oneself up to date with new learnings.
Sounds like you? Something you'd like to add to your CV or tell your future clients?
Then learn how to become an Umbraco Certified Master.