How much networking do you need to understand when your primary focus is serverless development?

A good friend of mine has a habit of throwing gauntlets around like they’re nothing. “So, Geoff,” he’ll start casually, “did you know there are some new AWS specialty certifications in beta now?” This is usually about the time that I realize I’m in for a world of pain, uh, learning. It turns out that this time AWS has come up with three exams that I’ll conservatively call pro-level. I’ve been learning a lot over the past year and a bit, negotiating a career transition from telecom to security, so I’d consider myself a firm novice when it comes to all this stuff, but it’s not like we were doing nothing over in the old world, so I figured I’d check out the landscape for the security certification.