“This has been our hardest year yet.” That was Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on 4th November, announcing cuts and role changes affecting about 22% of the company’s workforce, roughly 1,271 people (TechCrunch). Two days earlier, Squarespace had let go of nearly one in five employees. The week before that, it was Dropbox. Before that came eBay, Electronic Arts, Netflix, Amazon and HubSpot. And over all of it hangs Microsoft, which has cut more than 5,000 roles this year and has now offered exit packages to 60,000 more. Through September alone, US tech companies announced 165,925 job cuts, 54% more than

The AWS cloud certification trends are changing. Earlier, companies hired professionals who could prove their skills in cloud infrastructure, security, networking, and deployment. Today, even though the foundation remains the same, the expectations have evolved. The same companies now expect cloud professionals to be proficient in MLOps and GenAI as a basic skill set. In response, AWS is upgrading its existing certifications, like AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (from MLA-C01 to MLA-C02) and AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional (from MLS-C01 to AIP-C01). These certifications make candidates proficient in the skills companies are seeking. What does this