Passed CSAA & CCP

Hello,
Just wanted to say I recently took the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner a few days ago and passed, then today I took the Solutions Architect Associate and passed. I've been following a lot of advice on this sub and wanted to give my 0.02.
So I have ZERO cloud background. I'm more Net Sec / SecOps but have always been fascinated with tech and wanting to learn more / broaden my knowledge. Which is why this cert took me longer than most. I originally started with the a eKindle AWS Study Guide book and it was absolutely horrible (don't buy it)
I then got access to Linux Academy and finished their courses and their labs. I didn't feel quite where I needed to be after that so I then went through all of the acloudguru course and labs. Finally I read a ton of white papers and FAQs. All in all I think it was incredibly difficult for me because I have literally no professional background in AWS. For others who are looking at these certs I highly recommend taking the CCP first. It can be taken online and it was well worth it. After I took the CCP and passed I got a 50% off voucher for my next exam, and a free practice test that I used to take a CSAA practice test. Plus I found that there was a lot of material the CCP ACloudGuru courses covered that were not in the AWS CSAA and obtaining that cert boosted my confidence and filled in some gaps I didn't know I had. Below I'll post what I used to study.
ACloudGuru - Great value and really good labs (Okay practice tests)
Linux Academy - Okay content but fantastic labs and I loved their cloud playground where I could use their AWS accounts and not worry about my own
Jon Bonsos Practice Exams - I actually never scored more than a 70% on these exams. I didn't find them terribly accurate to the real test and was only a fan of the tutorialsdojo.com **** sheets and using them as supplemental
AWS Offical CSAA Practice Exam
Anyways, it was a great time getting 2 certs in one week but now I am exhausted and I have two full notebooks full of notes so I think it's time to pick up on some gaming for a few weeks.
Just wanted to say I recently took the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner a few days ago and passed, then today I took the Solutions Architect Associate and passed. I've been following a lot of advice on this sub and wanted to give my 0.02.
So I have ZERO cloud background. I'm more Net Sec / SecOps but have always been fascinated with tech and wanting to learn more / broaden my knowledge. Which is why this cert took me longer than most. I originally started with the a eKindle AWS Study Guide book and it was absolutely horrible (don't buy it)
I then got access to Linux Academy and finished their courses and their labs. I didn't feel quite where I needed to be after that so I then went through all of the acloudguru course and labs. Finally I read a ton of white papers and FAQs. All in all I think it was incredibly difficult for me because I have literally no professional background in AWS. For others who are looking at these certs I highly recommend taking the CCP first. It can be taken online and it was well worth it. After I took the CCP and passed I got a 50% off voucher for my next exam, and a free practice test that I used to take a CSAA practice test. Plus I found that there was a lot of material the CCP ACloudGuru courses covered that were not in the AWS CSAA and obtaining that cert boosted my confidence and filled in some gaps I didn't know I had. Below I'll post what I used to study.
ACloudGuru - Great value and really good labs (Okay practice tests)
Linux Academy - Okay content but fantastic labs and I loved their cloud playground where I could use their AWS accounts and not worry about my own
Jon Bonsos Practice Exams - I actually never scored more than a 70% on these exams. I didn't find them terribly accurate to the real test and was only a fan of the tutorialsdojo.com **** sheets and using them as supplemental
AWS Offical CSAA Practice Exam
Anyways, it was a great time getting 2 certs in one week but now I am exhausted and I have two full notebooks full of notes so I think it's time to pick up on some gaming for a few weeks.
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Have fun relaxing,