After a lot of studying, I now have my first AWS certification, YAY! First things first -- the exam is tougher than it should be, because instead of focusing on the already challenging core of cloud (compute, storage, networking along with managing scale and doing orchestration) you also have to know …
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After talking to a colleague about taking some sample tests (and finally getting over the nominal passing hump), I bit the bulket and paid for another prep course. This one is a bit broader, and covers many of the topics that seemed like surprises in the first test or two …
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I'm studying hard to get my ducks in a row to write one of the AWS exams, and it seems like its a lot of wasted work. I actually spent some good time and went through a prep course (which was helpful and had some good labs), but it isn't …
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Sometimes you need focus, and this happens to be one of those times. I need to get a bit more understanding on the paticular AWS ecosystem I'm working with at the moment, and I'm doing so by learning as much as I can about the various AWS tools and products …
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