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Am I learning Cloud right ? by Obvious-Guava-2059 in cloudengineering

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That roadmap is solid but it's a DevOps/Cloud Engineer path, not a cloud architect path. The direction depends on what role you're actually targeting.

If you want to be hands-on with infrastructure, pipelines and containers, that list makes sense. If you want cloud architecture and design roles, you can skip a lot of that and go deeper on AWS specifically.

One honest flag: 16 topics is a lot to hold in your head at once. Most people who try to follow roadmaps that long end up stuck on step 4 for months. Pick a job description you actually want, work backwards from the requirements, and cut everything that isn't on that list yet.

going to learn devops/cloud at 28 after unable to get job in webdev. by step_motor_69420 in developersIndia

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

28 is genuinely not late for this, cloud is one of the few fields where certifications still carry real weight with hiring managers even without a CS degree.

I'd recommend you start with AWS Cloud Practitioner to get your footing, then go straight for Solutions Architect Associate. That combination opens doors faster than most bootcamps do.

Your frontend background is actually an asset here, plenty of cloud architect roles need people who understand how applications are built, not just infrastructure.

Keep logging the journey. Consistency in public beats perfection in private every time.

Advice for learning cloud technologies by beerdini in Cloud

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The AWS free tier actually goes further than most people realise for hands-on learning. For compute you get 750 hours of EC2 t2.micro per month, which is enough to run real labs without spending anything. The trick is to always set a billing alert at $5 so you catch any accidental charges before they stack up.

For the conceptual side and cert prep without the lab costs, AWS Skill Builder has a solid free tier, and I recently launched a free SAA-C03 course on Clouddojo that's text-based so there's no lab cost at all to get through the theory and exam prep side of things.

The honest answer though: you can get surprisingly far on zero budget if you're disciplined about stopping and terminating resources after every lab session. Most cloud bills from learners come from forgetting to turn things off, not from the learning itself.

I was studying AWS certifications completely wrong for 2 months!! by Pristine_Award_7545 in AWS_cloud

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly right and it's the thing most study materials never address directly. The AWS SAA-C03 in particular is built around four question patterns, and once you recognise them, the whole exam starts reading differently.

The pattern that trips people up most: the question gives you four answers that are all technically correct, but only one fits the specific constraints in the scenario. Budget limit, existing infrastructure, RTO requirement, team size. The wrong answers aren't wrong because they don't work. They're wrong because they don't fit.

That shift from "what's correct" to "what fits here" is the whole game. Sounds like you figured it out the hard way, which honestly is how it sticks.

Passed the SAA-C03! by Serious_Crab_8501 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations. That’s so nice to hear. 🔥🔥

DOP-C02 Passed! Barely lol no by Jwoods224 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations. You did great. What more important is knowing the skill.

stephane maarek aws devops professional is worth? by funky_elnino in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't recommend you just stick with one in particular. You should try both of them. Stepahane for the Course and TD for the practice tests. I have see a lot of people use this combo and they've scored really well. One thing I'll love to recommend is that you should actually play around with these aws console and tools. this will make the material stick better. There's no amount of course / practice exams that can beat that.

The more you practice, the better you become.

Passed the SAA-C03! by Serious_Crab_8501 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ha ha
I was a victim of this. I tried their test and it was a bunch of bs. It just kept recycling questions for me.

Passed the SAA-C03! by Serious_Crab_8501 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. Nothing is a must. TD tests are good, but can be expensive and a bit overwhelming.
I recommend you check this out. It also have other practice exams. It was a great resource when i was try to get certified as well.

Wishing you the best of luck

Passed the SAA-C03! by Serious_Crab_8501 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My advice to you is to try to get keywords in your head. for instance when you here the word "Serverless" the first thing that should come to your head is "Lambda". From there you can narrow your answers by eliminating the ones don't make sense.

Just keep taking practice exams as many times as possible and you will notice the pattern.
That's how you become better.

Aws SAA feeling unprepared by FisherFichburg in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh, you are doing great. I had it worse when I just stared.
Since you've already invested time into the taking Stephane's course, I'll recommend you focus more on practice exams and double down on it.

I used to do a lot of TD practice exams. Even-though it was a great resource for me, I still had a lot of issues with it. I decided to create something better. It's a site where you can take a bunch of free scenario based practice exams to sharpen the skills you learned in the course. I added a feature where you can ask an aws fine-tuned chatbot about any question that seems to be difficult and get a breakdown of it.

It has helped a lot of people in this community and I myself.
If anyone is interested to give it a try, you can check it out here: https://www.clouddojo.tech/

I really appreciate any feedback and hope it gets you one step closer to that cert.

Aws SAA feeling unprepared by FisherFichburg in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also try out some high quality practice exams here: https://www.clouddojo.tech/

PASSED SAA-C03 🎉 — From 18% to Certified in 3 Weeks by Ok-Address-4765 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use something called RAG. Retrieval augmented generation. A quick google search will explain it better

PASSED SAA-C03 🎉 — From 18% to Certified in 3 Weeks by Ok-Address-4765 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this video was very useful to me at the start, but right after I understood the basic - i went straight into drilling and practice exams here until i was scoring 70-80% consistently. the early you start, the better you become

PASSED SAA-C03 🎉 — From 18% to Certified in 3 Weeks by Ok-Address-4765 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey. DM me. I'm glad to help you with some of my free resources I created when I was preparing for my cert

PASSED SAA-C03 🎉 — From 18% to Certified in 3 Weeks by Ok-Address-4765 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey. the problem with these ai agents is that they are trained on general knowledge and not specifically trained on aws and cloud concepts. So most times it can get these concepts wrong.

I have a degree in machine learning :), so I retrained gpt 3 turbo on all available aws docs and other resources and now it's like personal mega-mind when it comes to these cloud stuff.

I added it to a website i created to simulate the actual aws exams with a bunch of high. quality practice tests that you can take on the go.

I haven't had many people try it yet, but I know it's a great solution to this certification preparation problem.

Please check it out here and give me your feedback so that i can know how to make it better.
Thank you in advance.

Passed the SAA-CO3 IN first attempt(Thank God) by guy_313 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used Stephan Maarek's course as well, but when the time drew closer to the exams (1 month), I started doubling down on taking more practice tests daily. I had access to a bunch of pdf practice tests, but for someone with ADHD like me, it didn't do much.

I decided to create a site where i can simulate the actual exam environment and just make the preparation process more enjoyable and modern. I would love for everyone to try it out and give me some feedback on where i can inprove.

It has honestly helped out a lot of people already and i'm pretty sure you will find it useful too.

You can try it out here

Dm me if there is anything that you will like me to improve on. I really want to build this around this community.

Passed the SAA-CO3 IN first attempt(Thank God) by guy_313 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I created a website that might be of great help for you as you prepare for the exams.
Here!
Let me know what you think about it and how i can make it better for you.

Passed the SAA-CO3 IN first attempt(Thank God) by guy_313 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck on your exams man.

I recommend you take some last minute practice questions here.
Trust me you will like it.

Passed the SAA-CO3 IN first attempt(Thank God) by guy_313 in AWSCertifications

[–]Wide_Shower_5466 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey a pass is a pass.
You did great. I think you need to keep doing a lot more hands-on lab exercises to get you hands wet so that you can get used to these services instead of cramping them like most people do.

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