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Bridie Letford
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#AWS You get some free training! And you get some free training! Day One: The GOAT AWS Skill Builder

There is loads of #AWS training around - over the last 12 months, I committed to completing 1,000 digital badge or certificates - most of which were free.

It's a thing.

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Here's hoping with this list you can start with the great ones, rather than getting stuck with garbage!

Stop 1. Always. AWS - https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/signin

Totally free, you can get your mittens on:

  • 500+ on-demand Courses
  • Learning Plans
  • AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

Not only is the content here the bomb, it's a nice easy to use UI, and better yet, you can collect these bad boys:

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View the set here: https://www.credly.com/organizations/amazon-web-services/collections/customer-learning-programs/

You can also have a blast with the quests,

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The most cost effective way to hit the quest trail (and you want this, it's super fun) is a monthly subscription. At just $29/mo (AUD), you get:

  • 100+ AWS Builder Labs
  • 3 AWS Certification Official Practice Exams
  • 3 exam prep courses
  • 10 AWS Jam Journey challenges in security
  • 4 more AWS Cloud Quest roles AWS Industry Quest

Happen to work for a Partner? Make your boss, and your credly/LinkedIn resume cheers with the partner badges:

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View the set here; https://www.credly.com/organizations/amazon-web-services/collections/aws-partner-program/

On top of all of that, there's the the exam prep goodness - you don't want to skip this if you're looking to hit that exam centre:
https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/

I do warn you - the badge collection thing is 100% addictive - it's the best fun.

In coming days, I'll outline some of my other fav options, including:

  • Cloud Academy
  • A Cloud Guru
  • Future Learn
  • AttackIQ As well as some other more interactive and community based options, with a rundown of how they work, how much fun I had on them, and that one story where I got hit by a bus. As a single list, I'll also cover off some of those I loved a little less ;p

Stats taken from: https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/pages/59/subscriptions

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