20. Should I get an AWS certification?
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In this episode of AWS Bites podcast, Eoin and Luciano talk about whether it is worth to get an AWS certification and why. We discuss why a certification can be important from the perspective of individuals and companies, what are the certifications available and how are they grouped. Finally we try to provide some suggestions for a study plan and give various useful resources and tips.
00:00 Intro 00:38 Is it worth getting a certification? 01:19 The value for students and junior engineers 02:15 The value for under-represented groups 03:10 The value for companies 04:00 The value for freelancers and consultants 05:30 What should employers do? 07:50 The AWS certifications available 09:00 Suggestions for the Solution Architect Associate exam 11:00 The professional tier 12:38 Differences between the associate and the professional tier 13:10 The specialty certifications 14:38 Preparing for an exam 16:25 Practice exams 19:10 Taking the Online exam vs on a local test center 21:38 How to approach the exam 24:10 Outro
In this episode we mentioned the following resources:
- Official AWS certifications landing page: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/
- Passing all the AWS certifications, article by Adam Elmore: https://adamelmore.medium.com/descent-into-cloud-madness-12-aws-certifications-in-6-weeks-965de12c626d
- Luciano’s post about AWS Solution Architect Associate exam notes and tips: https://loige.co/aws-solution-architect-associate-exam-notes-tips
- Udemy and Tutorialspoint: https://udemy.com, https://www.tutorialspoint.com
- Adrian Cantrill’s AWS certification training material: https://cantrill.io
- A Cloud Guru: https://acloudguru.com
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