Do I have to be an Administrator before a Developer?

[Ian Simmons]

Hello All,

I am currently in Help Desk Level IT and looking to move into ServiceNow Development. I have been working on the developer learning path, but I just noticed it mentions being an experienced administrator to "Be Successful'' with this course. Is this just a recommendation or is it actually needed to get the Certification/Land Job opportunities?

Also just as a side note, I also know basic web development(HTML CSS JS) in case that may change anything lol.

Thank you for your responses,

Ian

[Allen Andreas]

Hello,

You need to take the ServiceNow Fundamentals course to be able to take the Application Developer course (Application Developer Fundamentals). While technically I don't think you need to achieve the system administrator certification, the course is a pre-req.

It would be recommended to get the Sys Admin cert before going to application developer.

More information here: https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow/other-documents/training/blueprint-cad-kingston.pd...

Please mark reply as Helpful/Correct, if applicable. Thanks!

[Ian Simmons]

Hello Allen,

Thank you for your response. I did some more looking after you said that and realized the Admin path mainly entails the fundamentals pre-req course so I will most likely take the test for the cert anyway.

Thank you!

Ian