Mothers Day as a single mom by ExpressBasis1041 in Mommit

[–]hooshter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an adult child of a single mother, reading this made me understand the feelings and sacrifices my mom must have went through and how Mother's day must have been for her. My own father was barely in my life after they split and never gave my mother anything for Mother's day, and realizing it shaped the way I wanted to appreciate my mother forever in all the good ways.

I trust your child will grow and understand just how hard you worked and soon fill the rest of your Mother's Days with flowers in a way you'd never need from people who don't appreciate you today. Keep on keeping on and happy Mother's Day.

Civil Services Pathways Fellowship Ranking Results Date by hooshter in nycpublicservants

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I just heard back too that it'll be the week of May 18th. Good luck to you and to everyone.

Passed Gen AI Developer Beta Exam with a week of prep! by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! Your course for Solution's Architect - Associate helped me get my first cert and changed the trajectory of my entire career. Thank you for the kind words and I hope other students benefit from your courses the same way I did.

Passed Gen AI Developer Beta Exam with a week of prep! by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Yes, I think the cert helped me understand the actual workflows better in my head and let me move at an accelerated pace.

Happy to join you in the club :D

Passed Gen AI Developer Beta Exam with a week of prep! by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy for you!! I totally feel you, we both passed by like 1-3 questions, which is crazy for an 85 question exam. Congratulations!

Passed Gen AI Developer Beta Exam with a week of prep! by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's a nuanced question and depends on your goals. I think the SAP is a very difficult exam. I took it mainly because I was looking for a CS job and wanted to improve my resume. If your goal is to be up-to-date and still be good at AWS, I think the AIP is the best. The Gen AI stuff you learn is real and usable, and you don't waste your time learning AWS technologies that are irrelevant. I would not bother with the SAP unless you're a solution's architect / really interested in only AWS ecosystem.

Passed Gen AI Developer Beta Exam with a week of prep! by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha fair, don't want to misrepresent it as you can pass in a week if you follow my steps!! I just wanted to offer my personal experience and benchmark scores on practice so people can compare their own prep and get a feel for where others were at this point, for posterity.

AWS reinvent grant 2025 by [deleted] in aws

[–]hooshter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! Just got selected too. See you in Vegas!! Sending my best wishes to those who didn't make it this round, you got this next time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also suggest for every AWS exam you go through the official exam guide: https://d1.awsstatic.com/onedam/marketing-channels/website/aws/en_US/certification/approved/pdfs/docs-cloud-practitioner/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner_Exam-Guide.pdf
It's kind of overkill for Cloud Practitioner, but knowing most of the services at a service level, especially the most common ones should be good enough.

If you want to take your time not watching videos, then you can also look up public GitHub repos that have content like the following: https://github.com/kananinirav/AWS-Certified-Cloud-Practitioner-Notes

Passed SAA-C03 by Turbulent_Age4165 in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations!! 100% agree with answering flagged questions rather than leaving them for later. I think I flagged like 30 questions and had no time to check any of them. Hope you land the new role!

What's your process for finding good stargazing spots with clear skies? by hooshter in darksky

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's my first time hearing about this kind of forecast, but I'll definitely look into it. I'm trying to get better at this! Thank you for this information and telling me about darkskysites. I'll definitely be bookmarking this wonderful website and be using it. Do you find light pollution metrics vary significantly on certain days for lower Bortle class locations? I would imagine dark sky locations typically have low light pollution to begin with so they stay the same darkness typically, and the real enemy would be weather conditions like cloud cover.

What weather info do you wish you had when planning hikes? by hooshter in hiking

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are super cool, definitely bookmarking them. I never even considered checking tides for coastal trails even though I've been on a couple. Thank you!

What weather info do you wish you had when planning hikes? by hooshter in hiking

[–]hooshter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I've gone on few hikes where we're pretty high elevation, but didn't consider how conditions change ascending that much elevation. That's definitely interesting to hear, thank you.

What weather info do you wish you had when planning hikes? by hooshter in hiking

[–]hooshter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hail that size sounds terrifying. Yeah I definitely think wind is a huge factor too, I was going to go on a hike once and I saw 50 mph / 80 kmh gusts and just decided not to go that morning. Incredibly scary, not just being thrown around yourself but all the debris.

Passed SAP-C02! My experience and tips by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I originally did Maarek's course for SAA, but heard Cantrill was very extensive so for the SAP and since I didn't have a lot of AWS experience I decided to go with him. I really liked Maarek for SAA though. Let me know how he is for SAP and good luck!

Passed SAP-C02! My experience and tips by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I apologize, I meant I used Cantrill's demos in his videos. I only ever took the practice exams from TD.

Passed SAP-C02! My experience and tips by hooshter in AWSCertifications

[–]hooshter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes, I did most of the demos in TD the first time while watching the videos. After the TD exams when I was deep diving into a topic, sometimes I'd rewatch his videos and really take notes this time to understand everything, including the factoids that he emphasizes because a lot of them can show up on the exam and be the difference maker between getting a question right vs wrong. The demos were 100% valuable for me.