AWS Recertification

I have another AWS question. It seems AWS Associate exams have to be renewed every 2 years, but if I'm reading it right, unlike other vendors (cisco/vmware), each exam has to be renewed
For instance, If I pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Sysop Associate and Devop Associate exams, I'll have to take 3 more exams to recertify them all?
For instance, If I pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Sysop Associate and Devop Associate exams, I'll have to take 3 more exams to recertify them all?
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Yes, but I believe (based off what I read on AWS site), if you have Solutions Architect Associate and Developer Associate, taking the Architect Professional exam will only recertify the Solution Architect Associate, not both of them
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Their recertification scheme sucks. And it doesn't make as much sense to get all their certifications.
It's just as you mentioned mnashe -- I currently have the 3 Associate level AWS certifications. They expire next year, in 2018. In order to keep them up to date, I will need to re-certify all 3 of them separately by taking their individual exams.
Another option I could do is take the Solutions Architect Professional exam, which will ONLY renew my Solutions Architect Associate exam. And then I can take the DevOps Professional exam which will renew my SysOps and my Developer Associate exams. Moving forward, I will then have to renew both of my Professional level exams in order to renew all 5 of my AWS exams.
Not horrible. But doesn't seem like the best model unless you're specializing in AWS.
Let me know if I didn't explain any of that well enough and you need clarification.
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All of that taken together makes me not want to bother. I was wanting to pursue them to add another dimension to my skillset (I deal in cloud security, but not vendor specific), but between a 2 year recertification and having to individually recert both, that's kind of a deal breaker.
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I do plan on taking the AWS DevOps exam, however. From there I can just focus on renewing that one cert every 2 years and I'll have AWS 3 certifications total.
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That seems like a good plan. For me, maybe I'll only go for the associate architect and professional. I'm still trying to figure out if this is the route I should be going