"Everything I wish I knew about AWS Certification" with Andrew Brown (@AndrewBrown)

Andrew Brown (founder of ExamPro.co) talks all about AWS Certifications!
What resources are out there, what are there strength and differences?
Where are there communities of encouragement of motivation?
What is the communities feeling and reception of different AWS Certifications?
What hacks or strategies can you use to improve your study?
What kind of outcome should you expect when becoming AWS Certified?
All these questions (and more!) are answered!
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About the Presenter:
Andrew Brown (@andrewbrown) is the co-founder of ExamPro, a learning platform designed to help you pass AWS Certification exams. His AWS Certifications video courses are published for free with no ads on freeCodeCamp so that cloud knowledge is accessible to everyone.
Andrew volunteers his time mentoring those looking to switch or start a career in the cloud industry, all you need to do is reach out and send him a message on LinkedIn. He’s also the AWS moderator and a top author for DEV.
Andrew is active in the Toronto developer community and you can meet him in-person at the AWS Toronto User Group, Serverless Toronto User Group, Solutions Architect Toronto User Group, Toronto Data Science & Big Data Meetup, or at Devhub.

[@cradical2808]

Adrian Cantrill has a great SAA course. I recommend him if you want to start with the AWS Journey

[@gregp4557]

A thoughtful and very useful video. Thank you for taking the time to present this.

[@diegogarcia2650]

Uruguay here!! Thanks for the video man!!

[@kabisselsystems3275]

THanks for sharing this content @Andrew

[@wilsonsamuel2469]

10:28 it is about the Certification on SAP workloads on Azure, the ERP systems by SAP SE the German Company :--) ( I guess we are more familiar by the names of SAP HANA etc)

[@KenSherman]

1:23:28 - 1:24:12
Holy cow! LET'S DO THAT ‼️ Panel time with the AWS titans.
1:32:46
*whispers* “...of doom.” lmao😆

[@teckocrack3198]

Directional Content .. Must to start with .

[@darkwing451]

Thank you for sharing this, full of gems.

[@LaoZhang00]

I loved this video - Any tips or thoughts on ML Ops as an area for development? I was considering the ML Speciality after the SA Associate

[@bhaskartallapaka9922]

As i am working in data analysis role, can i directly take speciality Data analysis certification

[@diegonayalazo]

Thanks Andrew! Love your work and dedication

[@CFH298]

Cloud security engineer he put down as “deep understanding of services”. Why would solutions architect associate not be on the list?

[@matthewholland3537]

PluralSight is extremely high level. No way you could pass with just their content.

[@Buddfox]

Do you mean the A Cloud Guru stuff..?

[@GeraudKAMENI]

Very informative, thanks a lot !!

[@gregp4557]

there is no "5 Pillars" white paper. What is the actual name of the doc?

[@darkwing451]

Look into "AWS Well-Architected and the Six Pillars"

[@KenSherman]

5:05
Don't forget the Big Data certification had gone A-way or THE way of the dodo 🦤 around that time as well. Unless it (is) rebranded as Database and Data Analytics.
9:55; 10:50
Notice how all of those roles include SysOps Administrator Associate level certification more than the Developer Associate or the more/most popular Solutions Architect Associate🤔 certification.
12:03 - 12:11
Mr. 🦉🎓. That's a classic commercial born in 1968 but was popularized since 1970 - 90s. The ad was so ancient that it silhouetted - forgetting to give them some clothes. Lol😄!
Don't forget to make that big crunch sound at the end once you answer that number.🍭
(spoke too soon 12:18😅)
My answer was 0 to 3 when looking back at the slides. If I had to choose 1 number, it would have been 2, none dependent on which cert. Although I'm amused at this answer (12:30 - 12:37).
12:40 - 12:52
Let me see...*Crunch 😬🍭*😆
Well I was about ½ right (with the answer being here around here 18:45 - 18:59)? Always open to possible “tricky” questions.
13:09
And “Design” right?
27:00
Yeah you're missing a lot! Things have changed over the years so I don't fault you for that. However, I'm not going to list them all so I'll pick just a few randomly. One is obviously the AWS and/or #Amazon site itself, although you did mention it's Deep Dive later on. The other being #TechwithLucy the notable yet honorable mention, #Cybrary, and the last one but definitely not least and probably tied for my favorite is #ITProTV.
26:16
Supplementary content include, but not to exclude others, are #Intellipaat, #SimpliLearn, & #edureka❕ etc.
38:00
Quick edit for A. Brown: add the 5 Pillars to "your" reading list. Not to "you" reading list.
1:00:02
Can't tell you how many times I preach to more senior people (even naive beginners wanting shortcuts) to learn the fundamentals💪🏽. There's no shortcut to real success. 💯
1:02:00
That meme.🥇😬🍾🖕🏽🖕🏽
😆
1:20:33
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
"Work is for people who don’t know how to fish!"
"Every time you fish, you learn something that will make you a better fisherman." Idk🤷🏽‍♂️.
1:32:42
The Click to Spin screen.
*whispers* “...of doom”. lmao😆

[@gonzogamer2636]

As someone just starting their journey, I find Sysops really interesting. I like the idea of maintaining and keeping systems optimal. I really don't wanna deal with customers or develop, do you have any advice for me? Maybe a potential roadmap? I'm unsure if I should even go for the developer professional later on.

[@AWSPortsmouthUserGroup]

Here's a more up to date version of this talk that answers that question: th-cam.com/video/hHEhwvrWISg/w-d-xo.html

[@gonzogamer2636]

@@AWSPortsmouthUserGroup thx I'll give it a listen!

[@alisonrae]

Thanks for the video ❤️

[@dev-rehanAhmad]

14:50 for job

[@kiranmaigunta8729]

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