Hey there! This is Platform Weekly, your weekly dive into all things platform engineering. We have got a freakin awesome one this week. 

The first official platform engineering course has just launched

I am excited to share that the first step in the path to being officially certified as a platform engineer has just launched. This is something I have been working on for months now. 🎉

The certification path takes place over 2 courses, and a final exam. The courses are 8-10 weeks, and will each be led by me, with some awesome help from some of the top platform architects in the industry.

The certification path works to make sure that anyone completing the final exam and earning their certificate can clearly demonstrate an extremely high level of understanding and knowledge of platform engineering - from the theoretical, to the hands-on and practical.

Each course has limited spaces to maximize interactivity, Q&A, collaboration and create the best environment for hands-on work. This is not the kind of course where you just get a video link.

The first course, Platform Engineering Fundamentals, is live right now - so if you want to get a job as a platform engineer, convince your boss to just start platform engineering, or just make sure you’re a master of the fundamentals…

Let’s get platform engineering!

Quick bites

Articles of the week:

• How to become a platform engineer (If you haven’t read my article on this yet. Now is a great time!)

From the community:

• What is your favorite platform engineering reference architecture? Join the conversation in Slack!