[marcosdumay]

> Administrators are typically farther along than associates I would think.

I just never heard "associate" used in reference to a title on anything related to informatics.

[sah2ed]

What about the “associate” in the entry-level CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)?

[chrisandchris]

AWS also calls their 2nd level certification „Associate“ [1].

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/de/certification/

[close04]

Citrix also called (calls?) their first tier cert "associates". Citrix Certified Associate, going up to Profesional, and Expert.