This engineer explains how throwing himself head-first into Amazon Web Services certifications landed him a new cloud gig with a 40% higher salary — and why he recommends it for anyone trying to get leg-up in the IT industry

· Satya Kolachina quit his job in enterprise architecture and spent three years throwing himself into six AWS certifications. Now he's a cloud architecture with a 40% higher salary. 
· In a rapidly changing industry, IT certifications have long been a tool for engineers to stay current in their industry, grow their skillsets,...