Last weekend I was working on preparing a talk about AWS certifications (it looks like I will be presenting it at the upcoming AWS Community Day Mi...
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When I took the pro I read a lot of our white papers and lot of building. A technique I did was to write down bullets of keywords, then strike out the answers that didn't fit. Next I look for the qualifier "most cost effective" or "least downtime", then strike out or rank your answers according to that. That'll get you down to 2-3 answers where the answer is nuanced.
Best of luck and looking forward to your success!!!
I took the practice test yesterday and receive similar percentages. I've gone through various materials, including whitepapers and Acloudguru. Good luck on the actual test, I am reviewing the whitepapers again, and I will go through Acloudguru material again. If anyone has any specifics whitepapers to recommend or any books available on Kindle, I think that would be helpful!
Ooh. How could I miss that. Of course - it all makes sense.
And you are completely right. The professional - people are saying that the time you need to read the questions is incredibly tight. Also the answers are all "correct" - you need to give the "most" correct answer - isn't that right?
I do have a practitioner myself and are currently reading up on the SA. Although I think - using it it practice is the most giving way to really learn the concepts of AWS.
Just curious - did you take the practitioner certification first, or are you heading direct into the SA? 🤔
Hi Lars - this is the "AWS Certified Solution Architect - Professional" rather than the "AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate" certification (such long-winded names). I've had the associate certification for nearly 3 years and it was about to expire, so rather than renewing the associate certification I wanted to get the professional certification.
At the time I originally got my associate certification the practitioner certification didn't yet exist (although I did take it later just to see what it was like for other people at our company). If you're really new to AWS and haven't had much hands on experience there can be some value in the practitioner certification, but it's certainly not necessary before taking any of the associate certifications.
The SA is "a good to have" an easy to get. I don't think it took me more than 20 minutes to complete.