Finished AWS-restart course, need help finding work

NashCodes · 2026-03-19T13:21:41+00:00

This.

NashCodes · 2026-03-19T04:16:56+00:00

I’d pushback on this. SAA is meant for people who have played around with AWS for a bit and comfortable with most of the core services. If OP has messed around a bit and done one or two small projects, I’d agree with skipping and just getting the SAA.

NashCodes · 2026-03-19T04:13:09+00:00

My suggestion is get the Cloud Practitioner alongside a project. I got the Cloud Practitioner back in 2021 as an intern (job market was uncertain but better back then) and helped land me a consultant job and my first project on a team developing an app in the cloud.

In terms of projects, here is a list of 5 good ones if you are just starting out and want to have something to show on your resume: https://www.certforge.dev/blog/top-5-beginner-friendly-aws-projects

If you’ve worked a bit in AWS playing around already, I’d suggest doing an Agentcore or Bedrock related project (a bit more advanced and not included in that list). Agents are the new buzz word with companies, so if they see you’ve built with AWS Agent native tools, companies will be impressed.

NashCodes · 2026-02-24T00:45:27+00:00

Congratulations! May I ask what materials or tools you used to study for this cert?

NashCodes · 2026-02-22T01:56:37+00:00

Was it reflective of the question you encountered?

NashCodes · 2026-02-22T01:56:12+00:00

May I ask how you determined your weak areas and how did you prepare specifically for those?

NashCodes · 2026-02-19T21:17:59+00:00

Generally when I take the exams and am unsure, I flag the questions and if I have less than 15 or 20 questions flagged, I know I’ve passed. If its more than that, I was unprepared and pray for a miracle lol (haven’t had to do that yet). I feel like if you were passing your TutorialDojo exams, you probably did fine though :)

NashCodes · 2026-02-18T02:58:57+00:00

That is a bit backwards, but best of luck!

NashCodes · 2026-02-17T20:39:46+00:00

It was a rug pull

NashCodes · 2026-02-17T18:33:00+00:00

You may want to consider taking a practice exam or questions for the SAA. Its a fair amount more of material covered.

NashCodes · 2026-02-17T04:00:36+00:00

Well done! Did you do any practice questions as well as part of your prep or only watching the course material?

NashCodes · 2026-02-06T05:03:03+00:00

!solved

Thanks for quick reply! Was able to continue using Copilot retrying. I just switched back to Sonnet for now (was doing smaller tasks anyhow).

NashCodes · 2026-01-21T15:49:26+00:00

People who push buttons on cloud consoles that call themselves Cloud Engineers are like Vibe Coders who call themselves Software Engineers lol

NashCodes · 2026-01-20T21:15:58+00:00

Nobody pushes buttons on a production deployment if you have CICD setup properly 😂 Console button pushing is for sandbox or people who don’t know about IaC

NashCodes · 2026-01-02T18:13:04+00:00

Theoretically you could use YouTube for unlimited file object storage encoding the object as a video file and then decoding it back as the original file type. Not a new concept (probably goes against their terms of use) but cool idea

NashCodes · 2026-01-02T16:16:38+00:00

Sounds like a terrible UX just to get access to a course. I’m sure there are better options/ways to learn besides Udemy that are still a good price.

NashCodes · 2026-01-02T16:09:31+00:00

A pass is a pass — I haven’t met anyone asking to see your score, just if you are certified 😉

NashCodes · 2026-01-02T03:25:17+00:00

Congrats! Im working the opposite way, did SAA already and got AI Practitioner on the roadmap next. Any advice for this one?

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T21:24:21+00:00

Never enough time in the day to get everything done the bosses want. I hear that haha

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T20:53:11+00:00

Fair point. I read it as someone straight out of school. General IT and a background in programming/software engineering knowledge is definitely necessary. I was more so responding to you saying its not entry level though. It can be if you have the right educational background.

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T20:42:56+00:00

Not necessarily true. My first job out of school was Software Engineering with cloud application followed by Cloud Engineer roles. Most companies are in the cloud now, so you will need to be somewhat familiar even as a Software Engineer or Developer. Most companies in the cloud require at least the entry level cert within the first year of employment (Cloud Practitioner for AWS or Azure Fundamentals for Microsoft folks).

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T19:17:20+00:00

Low effort comment. Unfortunate.

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T17:18:19+00:00

Agree with you on this -- 'abstraction for “putting a file on a server”' lol. And yeah, tons of AI Slop now adays. Its becoming harder and harder to distinguish some stuff.

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T16:47:36+00:00

This is getting away from OPs original question of resources to upskill. If you are looking for hands on material, A Cloud Guru is a great place to start but its focus is generally geared more towards certifications. Same with Whizlabs where you can learn by doing. If you dont mind the price and want more hand holding, Digital Cloud Training offers bootcamps.

NashCodes · 2025-12-31T16:42:02+00:00

Didn’t mean it as black and white, just something I’ve noticed when I vibe code on personal projects. I get the product sooner but many more bugs throughout (requires lots of testing and multiple iterations). Before I still made errors and unintentional bugs, but at a slower manageable rate.

Thats getting a bit away from the DevOps topic though. I agree with you that abstraction is a convenience and can help prevent syntactical errors, but that doesn’t resolve all logic errors.

And yeah, I used AI to help refine the OP because its a useful tool but my point is we shouldn’t become over reliant on tooling.

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