Presented the detailed journey and steps towards certification on Amazon Web Services Cloud. Enterprises and large organisations value certification as a way to validate expertise and interests of employees.
2. ABOUT ME
Dev –> Solutions Architect –> Leading DevOps –> Leading
SRE –> Leading Platform Teams –>Engineering Manager –>
Solutions Architect
• AWS Community Builder – Serverless Expert
• AWS User Group Leader – Dubai
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate)
• AWS Certified Developer
• https://husyn.dev/about
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5. Cert Price AWS Experience Target Users Complexity
Practitioner 100$ 6 months
Newbies, Sales,
C Level
Basic service names and types
Developer, Architect
& SysOps Associate
150$
1 year implementation &
usage
Techies with hands on
experience
• Arch: Birds eye view of cloud &
designing
• Dev: SDK, CLI, APIs, integrations
• Ops: CLI, limitations, automation
Architect & DevOps
Professional
300$
2 years implementation,
operating & troubleshooting
Experts in Cloud
Multiple years of experience managing
products on cloud
Speciality 300$
Depending on role &
experience
Domain Experts Depends
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6. CERTIFICATION
Practitioner
• 90 Minutes
• 65 Questions
• About 1 to 2 weeks
study
• Service names
• Basic IT concepts
Associate
• 130 Minutes
• 65 Questions
• 4 to 6 months study
• Best Answer selection
• Scenarios
Professional
• 180 Minutes
• 75 Questions
• 6 months+ study with
hands-on work
• Best Answer selection
• Complex Scenarios
• Tacit knowledge
Speciality
• 170 Minutes
• 65 Questions
• 1 to 3 months study
with hands-on work
• Best Answer selection
• Domain specific use-
cases
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7. RESOURCES
• Trainings / Learning
• Digital Trainings (FREE) – AWS Skill Builder / QwikLabs
• Classroom Trainings
• a cloud guru / Stephane Maarek / Neal Davis
• Exam Guide
• SAA
• Sample Questions
• Official Practice Question Set
• Exam Readiness Webinars
• https://aws.amazon.com/training/events
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8. Suggestions
• 1st Cert / Entry Point
• Solutions Architect Associate
• Preparation Time
• 3 to 4 months from zero
• Get AWS Account
• Practice on Free tier
• Join Meetups
• AWS UG Dubai (meetup.com/AWSUG-Dubai)
• AWS Transformation Day (21June)
Facts
• 2nd Cert is 50% off
• No Pre-requisites
• Can write exam in any sequence
• Recertify
• Same cert or 1 level above
• Validity is 3 years
• Exams content update once in a while
• SAA-C02 > SAA-C03
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9. USEFUL LINKS
• How to learn AWS Cloud?
• https://dev.to/aws-builders/how-to-learn-aws-cloud-33n8
• Is Cloud Expensive?
• https://dev.to/aws-builders/is-cloud-expensive-1l1
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10. • AWS UG Dubai
https://www.meetup.com/AWS-Dubai/
28th June @ Talabat Office, Business Bay
6pm onwards
• FREE Certification Request
https://forms.gle/pj19fZQxrstkaokR8
• AWS Transformation Day Dubai
https://pages.awscloud.com/transformation-day-dubai-
202206.html
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