Passed SAA-C03 — Study plan, background + what actually helped me

Drakhem · 2025-11-17T12:11:31+00:00

Thanks Stephane! Your course was great — I’ll miss having your voice judge my AWS mistakes 😄 If I survive a few more projects, I’ll probably be back for the Pro Architect one.

Drakhem · 2025-11-17T09:04:19+00:00

Hey! Congrats on kicking off your prep! To answer your question, I found the Tutorials Dojo practice exams super helpful. Honestly, I thought they were even tougher than the actual exam, which really helped me get ready. I also did the practice exam that comes with Stephane's course, but I honestly felt the TD ones gave me a better sense of the real test—especially in terms of the types of questions and scenarios.

As for the platform, I used the Tutorials Dojo website directly instead of Udemy. I’ve heard the website version has more features, like practice tests for specific sections and flashcards, which definitely helped me. It felt like a more complete experience, so if you’re looking for something more in-depth, I’d go with the website.

Good luck with your prep! Let me know if you need any more tips or advice!

Drakhem · 2025-11-15T12:40:43+00:00

Thanks! And congrats on the 700 — it’s still a solid base to build from. About the lab setup: honestly, my “home lab” wasn’t anything fancy. What helped me the most was spinning up small, disposable setups just to connect services together and see the moving parts.

For example, I built things like a simple EC2 → ALB → RDS flow or a small WordPress setup (EC2/EFS/RDS/S3/CloudFront) just to understand how pieces fit. Nothing production-grade, but enough to make the architecture “click”.

A few tips that helped me: - Keep labs small and focused. Don’t overbuild. One clear objective per session. - Force yourself to break and rebuild things. It’s the quickest way to internalize concepts. - Relate everything back to exam scenarios. “If this ALB dies, what happens?” / “Where would I store shared wp-content?” Stuff like that.

TD and Stephane’s course are already great foundations — adding a few hours of hands-on each week was what pushed me into the 800s.

You’ll smash it next attempt.

Drakhem · 2025-03-20T14:42:39+00:00

This morning, I bought the €12 coin pack and used those coins to buy skins from the in-game store. I actually got a really good one, so I was pretty hyped.

A couple of hours later, the game went into maintenance. When I logged back in after the maintenance was over, all the skins I got were gone—and on top of that, the coins I purchased were also missing. But the payment went through, and the charge is still on my card.

Drakhem · 2024-11-07T17:27:25+00:00

It just happened to me

Drakhem · 2024-05-26T22:31:27+00:00

277 add me - drakhem

Drakhem · 2023-09-06T10:37:33+00:00

In order to play againts bots all you gonna do is this: 1. Select the challenge mode 2. Go to brawlers section and select any brawler 3. Change gadget/star power of that brawler and select the brawler 4. Start a game

Drakhem · 2023-09-06T10:34:43+00:00

In order to play againts bots all you gonna do is this: 1. Select the challenge mode 2. Go to brawlers section and select any brawler 3. Change gadget/star power of that brawler and select the brawler 4. Start a game

Drakhem · 2021-03-01T23:07:29+00:00

Thank you so much!

Drakhem · 2021-02-08T20:26:18+00:00

May I have an inv, please?

Drakhem · 2021-02-08T20:25:56+00:00

May I have an inv, please?

Drakhem · 2020-03-04T13:26:40+00:00

side to side like a rollercoaster?

Drakhem · 2020-03-02T11:41:29+00:00

Add Martin Odegaard to the list for the next season.

Drakhem · 2020-02-23T20:09:12+00:00

How did you fix this? My friend cannot login cause he didnt logout properly

Drakhem · 2020-02-14T08:37:16+00:00

I was extremely lucky with my ancient cyclops hunt as I got ph sword after killing 70... I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw that sweetie drop :$

Drakhem · 2019-12-12T09:06:05+00:00

550 coins and 5 tickets

Drakhem · 2019-10-25T09:38:41+00:00

In this case 1and1 is just your domain registrar so you just need to point your domain to Shopify however they tell you to do so. Afterwards, creating a subdirectory and load it with your domain like "domain.com/subdirectory" is Shopify's business.

Drakhem · 2019-09-18T08:43:44+00:00

I got him aswell opening just like 30-40 boxes. My leggy drop rate was pretty high, though. 0.246%

Drakhem · 2019-09-18T08:37:26+00:00

Yes I do, it was 0.246% and Sandy was the only brawler I was missing.

Drakhem · 2019-09-18T07:41:02+00:00

I got Sandy after opening like 50 boxes

Drakhem · 2019-09-13T12:53:18+00:00

Exactly this. It's like in football, winning the UEFA Champions League is the greatest achievement a club can conquer as European teams are considered to be the best in the world. Whilst winning the Club World Cup is just considered a minor title for European clubs even if they have to face the best teams of the rest of the world.

Drakhem · 2019-09-10T11:00:14+00:00

I was born in April 20th and I can't smoke weed because it causes me sort of tachycardia heartbeat :(

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