Solution Architect Certification And Other Certs For A Career In The Cloud or at AWS
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The best certifications for a career in the cloud - Should you get the AWS Architect, SysOps, or Developer certification? Are you wondering which certification to pursue in order to become an AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps, or Developer? Watch this video to get an AWS certification path for beginners and experts. AWS certified cloud practitioner 2021 - You'll learn which AWS Certification is best for your career goals, and how to prepare for it, whether you're an aspiring AWS Architect or whether you're keen on being a developer or want to administer systems as a SysOps.
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00:00 intro
00:25 When should you get certified
01:20 Personal anecdote
03:00 You don't want certs to be the only tool in your belt
03:12 What's the best way to get AWS certified
03:18 The 3 steps plan to get certified
05:45 Which certifications are best
06:10 Explaining AWS certifications for the Associate level
09:05 Best AWS certifications to have for your career goals
10:12 Recap
10:35 Certifications expire after 2 years
10:58 Outro
There is no doubt, that preparing for AWS certification can help strengthen your cloud knowledge by clarifying key concepts and helping you to land a job. Your AWS certification will most certainly help you stand out among the competition, but you don’t want your AWS certifications to be the only thing you can offer.
Resources I personally use to stay up to date:
→ Design Patterns on AWS (Playlist): • Event Sourcing on AWS ...
→ Serverless Chats (Podcast): www.serverlesschats.com
→ The Cloudcast (Podcast): www.thecloudcast.net
→ Screaming in the cloud (Podcast): www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast...
→ Working At AWS - With A National SA Manager: • Working At AWS - All Y...
→ AWS Solutions Architect Interview - All You Need To Know: • AWS Solutions Architec...
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I really enjoyed your video, I had 3 similarly titled videos queued up to watch after this but don't feel the need to anymore because of just how insightful and informative yours was. The effort you put into producing this shows. I passed the Cloud Practitioner exam in December 2019, and now after 2 years of cloud operations experience, I am ready to continue my certification path by obtaining the SysOps Administrator Associate cert. I really appreciated your comment about being clinical with our certification choices, I am glad I have taken my time with mine and I wholeheartedly agree with the concept of using certs to validate knowledge and not acquire it. I've subscribed and liked and look forward to consuming more of your content soon. All the best Ilyas, thank you!
Cheers Aaron, I appreciate your kind words and support! Good luck my friend!
Great video with a lot of direct and useful information. You are giving away a natural feel which is really rare to find these days on most of the videos. Planing on doing my CCP these days and will be working towards the associate Dev in the future months, you have been a refreshing motivation. Wish you all the best, looking forward to seeing more of your content!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your support and best of luck !
thank you ilyas! ive watching your videos for while and i really want to thank you! i kept coming back watching this video at least 4~5times already to motivate myself and trying to focus on what i like the most. and i finally passed SSA three days ago! THANK YOU!
Welcome back my friend! Thank you for your support and good luck in your endeavour!
Very inspiring and informative content! Thank you! 👍😁
Thanks again, Gratis content, all to help the community. If anyone wants to work in the Cloud then they should listen to guys like you, who work with Cloud tech day in day out. Don't listen to guys asking for $1000 to help you become Cloud Architects. Ilyas is for real.
Always humbled by your support, Faruk. Thank you brother!
Thanks for sharing in a specific and abstract way!
Great content, found it very useful for a newbie like me. Thanks.
Your first step is to join the company that already using AWS but it's difficult because companies want a person who already know aws
Not always... You can be an expert in your field like an expert in containers management without knowing aws, in which case, a company might be willing to invest in you because of your expertise
this is the best advice in youtube regarding AWS certs as I am going to sit for AWS CCP exams now I have clear view what I have to do next after AWS CCP certs. thank you ilyas
regards
Sanjay
Love your videos. I'm a newly certified solutions architect associate, looking to branch into the ML speciality which is my core interest. Please keep this coming.
Best of luck! I'll definitely do!
Man, you really have a great way of explaining, thank you so much for sharing!
I'm very happy you think so! Thank you very much
Thanks!!! Direct and motivational
Great content. Thank you for you advice .
Thank you for sharing. I’m currently in Support Engineer role at Amazon, looking to transition to AWS. This guide was very helpful.
Super happy to help! Thanks for you support!
Is support engineer a role anyone can transition to?
@Daydreamer maybe you can answer this one?
If you're coming from a completely different industry (i.e. medical, real estate, hospitality)and are looking to transition into IT via AWS, would learning via the cloud practitioner cert not be an advantageous way to acquire knowledge first? What would you suggest if none of your previous nor current job experience is tech related at all?
If you're coming from a non tech related field, then the tech-u program is the best one, I'm releasing a special episode about it in the next couple of days, so make sure to subscribe for that :)
This is a great question you hardly see in CZcams comments. I would say the best way to gain knowledge is by reading text books and tinkering with the environment.
@@Warpgatez Labs we’re the bees knees for me. It helped put the knowledge in the click bank.
You broke it down so well. Thanks 🙏🏽
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching
So I'm learning backend programming, javascript, mongodb and etc. Is it smart to shift focus on aws certs so that I can better get a job, or is knowing and continuing programming the smarter route for now since I'm a beginner? I'm not new to IT, been working as a system admin, desktop position for many years and finally deciding to go programming route for career growth.
A little add on for me.
Already have the CP and AA. While I do not have a professional need for the Dev cert.
It’s just next in line or my certs will expire.
Because who wants to recert
This is great advice. Thanks!
You are so welcome!
Hi, Hope you are feeling well after recovery. I worked for 2 years as backend developer and currently I am working as a DevOps engineer started working with AWS around 10 months ago can you please guide me which certs path should I choose.
I'm just a normal retail associate so I fail the first step cause my manager and my co-workers don't even know what aws is. But that won't stop me. There have been many students of Adrian Cantrill that has got a cloud job with no IT background and so will I real soon.
EDIT: I got my SA associate cert in December last year and tomorrow is my interview for Cloud Engineer for a big company
update!?
Sooo... How did it go?
Thank you for this ! Golden… as a network technician I knew my eng goal was the advanced networking cert I just couldn’t figure out which path to take. I do want to say I would like to add another associate level cert to help me but more well rounded which other associate cert in your opinion will help me with cloud networking in your opinion? God bless you all
Fantastic! Networking is paramount to the functioning of the cloud, and yet, it's not something that many people want to specialize in because it's not as "sexy" as AI/ML or Serverless. So in my opinion, if Networking is your forte, then you'll have a big advantage in the field. As for the certs, well, how about something that touches on networking but indirectly like the CKA ;) www.cncf.io/certification/cka/
Amazing video.Can you recommend a good online resource to practice using AWS services?I have used linux academy before but i'm looking for something more advanced.Thanks
Yes, definitely, Check out this workshops workshops.aws/ and here awsworkshop.io/
Well I know nothing about AWS and no one will even look at me especially with zero knowledge or experience, so I want to get the certificate so it would be based on my knowledge and not experience.... am I wrong?
I see your point, getting certified to land a job is a professional challenge as well ;) my point is the cert alone is not best, but a cert + real life knowledge will go a long way
Thanks man, it's really helpful
Glad it helped
love from India
Very helpful. Thank you!i
Glad it was helpful!
Great Video!
Thank you Noor!
Loved this video, can you please suggest a path for data engineering / big data too?
Thank you Jithendra, I've added your suggestion to my ideas list!
Great content 👏👏👏👏
Thank you 🙌
I'm a Undergraduate in Computer Science Engineering but not really interested in coding. So can you suggest me the paths I can choose in AWS? Or can you make an video explaining in more detailed way about the paths like what all will each paths will have to deal with when it comes to jobs? Thanks :)
That is a great idea. I will start exploring different job roles within AWS and the path to get to them. Thank you for the suggestion!
@@WinTheCloud I also have the same question. Your findings will be greatly helpful.
Awesome video! 💪
Amazing resources as well in the description 🤩 I just noticed it lol. I love AWS Architecture Monthly, AWS Whitepapers, and especially AWS video series “This is my Architecture”, “How to Build this”, and “Whats New with AWS?”
Great resources! I'll update the description with some of these as well
@iLyas BK What cert is your recommendation for someone who wants to work remotely from home and lives in the UK?
Not a simple question. Certs are more related to the field you want to work in
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching !
I'm just a software tester which AWS is certification is best for me
good stuff,
Glad you enjoyed it
Super
This is my opinion, but there are too many jump cuts about every 3-5 words said, which feels like an electric shock each time while trying to watch… I love the content, but presentation could use a bit more work on ... there aren’t too many AWS guys on CZcams yet, so we’ll watch the videos, especially if they are delivered naturally, allowing to stay in focus. 👍 Thx!
Thanks Ivan for the suggestion. We learn better when learning is fun, so I've been trying to make the videos entertaining, as well as useful. It is a success? Who knows but I'm experimenting with various styles every video trying to find my own. For example, This is the first video where I included B-roll of myself... In the end, please feel free to share your thoughts on regular basis, my hope is - through feedback and experimentation, to establish the perfect style for the channel
Sir, what about SysOps Admin path?
I'm going to Solutions Architect first, and then i will focus on SysOps Admin role.
what do you suggest for me. TIA
Hi Don, SA Associate first sounds li'e the right move, I would suggest the SysOps Admin Associate, then DevOps Pro and Networking as a specialty. I believe with these certs you'll be well versed in everything about system administration on AWS
I am a HR background and none technical..could you please suggest which certification is good
Its not uncommon why Amazon is a Titan. They have guys like him. A talk straight from XP and heart. Thanks ilyas
I so want to print your comment and frame it in my desk haha thank you brother, I appreciate the kind words
Is the Alexa cert still available? Thought AWS certification took it out early this year.
Thanks for the video! Great content as usual, keep up the effort!
It's not unfortunately, I added it, then removed it, then decided to add it back to make a point. Thanks for the support!
@@WinTheCloud sweet! Yeah, I wanted to pursue that path so I could validate what I know about Alexa skills. I'm guessing creating something for the community is the way to go :p
Exactly! I got an idea for an Alexa skill :D let me know if you're open to collaborate
@@WinTheCloud ayyy, sure! I'm a fellow amazonian from Dublin. Just ping me here or on Instagram @josekbono
Currently I am studying in b. Tech 3rd year plz tell me best cloud architect certification for my clg placement. I am finding many course but I have not satisfied for any course. Plz tell me.
i recently completed my masters in cloud computing. And after i enrolled SA certificate course. Is this ok to do and good jobs. Please guide me because just now i started my career in AWS.
It definitely sounds like a good start! Keep it up buddy!
Just to understand, you've been working with aws before you took your first certification? Or sharing your experience?
I've been working with AWS (The tech, not the company) for a few years when I decided to get my first AWS Certification
Hey there!
Thanks for your videos.
I'm a career changer at 38 years old. I've just been accepted into masters in computer science which is a two year course.
I've given myself these two years to save up enough money to make the jump into IT and cover me for any shortfall.
I want to be a solutions architect and would love any advice from you or anyone, In terms of being a competitive candidate in today's job market.
I and also teaching myself java programming for fun, but is this a good thing to spend time on?
Regards
Lee
Good for you. I'm 46 with some IT background. I'm learning AWS with the hope of becoming an AWS Solution Arquitect in the comming years. It's never too late. The demand in Cloud Computing skill is so high that companies don't care how old you are or even from what industry you come: THEY WANT YOU IN IF YOU KNOW ABOUT CLOUD TECHNOLOGY AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEARN AND DEVELOP A CAREER IN THE MATTER. 🙏👍
@@franciscomedinav sounds really great. But I just want to know, why do they say certificates are not enough if demand is soo high? It gets confusing especially for us who want to do the certificates to get a job in AWS
I don’t agree with the fact that we should only prepare the certs only when there is a professional need , during covid time, i began to learn AWS , and i just loved it so much, i felt like i was more into architecture, so i prepared for both professional and associate certifications, and guess what, it made me a better engeneer, i deeply learned a lot of interesting concepts and patterns that i used on daily basis as a java techlead , and i just earned a very interesting role where i ll work on AWS !
> it made me a better engineer
> I deeply learned [..] concepts and patterns that I used on daily basis as a java tech lead
Isn't that a professional need?
@@WinTheCloud my exact thought lol
3:55, 10:50
ARROUND? OBSSESSED?🧐
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10:59
I understand.
9:46
Personally, thought they should've kept that cert. Oops! Did we activate it? "#Alexa disregard."🤭😁
Dude, thank you very much for watching and for bringing my attention to these typos as well. I also was very unhappy when the Alexa cert got removed, but who know what they're planning next..
Love to you freind
Love back to you, brother
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Lehla ykhetik khaltou
Did your client have to wait for that long? You had to study and take the test then go back to help the client. Please help us understand your work flow of forward those kind of "patient clients to us, the youtube jobless engineers
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I was able to bring someone else who had the required experience into k8s dedicated meetings until I got up to speed ;)
why not learn stuff in you free time? why does a professional need have to occurr in order for self learning to be worth it? i disagree
Learning for the sake of learning is noble, there is no doubt about that. The subject of the video though is about how to effectively learn in order to advance in one's career
@@WinTheCloud understood, thank you for the response!!!! :)