Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Review methodology The 60-second verdict: The Udacity Site Reliability Engineer Nanodegree (nd087) is an intermediate-level program teaching the SRE methodology pioneered by Google. 60 hours covering reliability engineering, observability, incident response, […]

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Review methodology The 60-second verdict: The Udacity Cloud Native Application Architecture Nanodegree (nd064) is an intermediate program teaching the modern cloud-native stack: Kubernetes, gRPC, Prometheus, Jaeger, ArgoCD, Grafana. 72 hours total.

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Review methodology The 60-second verdict: The Udacity Cloud Computing for Business Leaders Nanodegree (nd046) is a Beginner-level program for managers and executives. 19 hours total, focused on strategic cloud decision-making rather

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Review methodology The 60-second verdict: The Udacity Enterprise Security Nanodegree (nd0035) is an intermediate-level program covering practical network, endpoint, and application security skills. 68 hours of content focused on enterprise defense

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. The 60-second guide: AWS now has TWO ML-related certs: the legacy AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty (MLS-C01) — valid through retirement — and the new AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. The 60-second guide: AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure is the Associate-level certification for Azure developers. Cost $165 USD, 120 minutes, 40-60 questions. Tests your ability to develop, deploy, monitor, and

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second guide: The Azure Solutions Architect certification is the AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam — Expert-level. Cost $165 USD, 120 minutes, 40-60

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second guide: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) is the foundational AWS certification — entry-level, accessible to non-engineers, and the #1 most-earned AWS cert. Exam

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second guide: Microsoft retired the legacy DP-203 Azure Data Engineer Associate exam in March 2025 and replaced it with DP-700: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second guide: The AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) is AWS’s newest associate-level certification, launched in 2024. It validates skills across data ingestion

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019. Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second verdict: AWS owns ~31% of the global cloud market and Azure ~24% as of 2026. Both are excellent career bets. Pick AWS if

Last updated: May 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. By Josh Hutcheson · E-Learning Specialist Reviewing online learning platforms since 2019 (30+ tested, including Udacity Nanodegrees). Connect on LinkedIn · Review methodology The 60-second verdict: Udacity now offers two Data Engineering Nanodegrees: Data Engineering with AWS (nd027) — intermediate, 39 hrs, the