4 main difficulty levels:

  • Foundational (practitioner)
  • Associate
  • Professional
  • Specialty

Ignore the foundational (practitioner) level, as there’s a big overlap with the associate certification.

Start with any role-based certification. Specialty certification is for last.

Associate and professional level Solution Architect certification is a foundation for all certifications.

Preferred order for me:

  1. Solutions Architect Associate
  2. Developer Associate
  3. Solutions Architect Professional
  4. DevOps Engineer Professional

Not sure as for specialty. Maybe Machine Learning and/or Data Analytics?