I failed an AWS Exam TWICE (Mistakes to avoid for SysOps)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 8. 07. 2024
- Lucy here! đ I failed the AWS SysOps Administrator Associate Exam twice, before passing it on the third attempt with a score of 844 (All within 1.5 months).
In this video, I break down:
âą How I failed the AWS SysOps exam TWICE
âą My advice for AWS Exams (Especially the SysOps Exam)
âą What resources I used/recommend
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:01 The real reasons I failed twice
5:06 Advice for AWS Exams
6:39 Resources I used for SysOps Exam
âŹâŹâŹâŹ Links to Recommended Resources âŹâŹâŹâŹ
âą Adrian Cantrill's Course: learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certi...
âą Tutorials Dojo's Udemy Practice Exams: geni.us/udemy-jon-bonso-sysops
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Thanks for watching - make sure you also take a look at my other videos! đ
Really brave to share this story, thank you so much : )
Thank you! So glad it helped a lot of people đ
I love what you do Lucy! That's for sharing all this information.
I normally donât comment on videos but I have seen a couple of your videos while I embark on this journey and I can see the work you put into them. Plus, itâs good content.
So I wanted to personally thank you and encourage you to keep pushing forward in your journey đ
Good stuff. Thank you so much, Lucy.
Thanks for sharing your advice Lucy. Very thoughtful of you
Thanks for watching! đ
Girl same!! I Failed twice and have been nervous to try again. Thanks for this video and the advice.
I know the feeling :( Best of luck for your next attempt, and let me know how you go!
Thanks, For all the information and efforts you put to explain things on the whiteboard. Appreciated.
Appreciate the support!
Thanks for the sharing Lucy !
Excellent video, I appreciate you sharing your failures and how you managed to overcome them, actually I am studying to pass AWS SysOps Cert and your advice are very good for me
Great video Lucy. Your tips for passing are really well thought out and explained. We all have and will continue to fail. Iâm glad you put your efforts out here for everyone to benefit. Youâll pass the exam obviously. I learned a lot. You are awesome.
Glad you found it useful! đđ
Thank you for this amazing video... Super helpful!
Thank you đđ
Just took the 2021 Q3 SysOps Associate with the labs that were introduced. Questions were definitely tough but as you said hands on experience for practice labs are huge. Thanks to getting the hands on labs experience helped with the exam labs, hope i passed! Thank you for your experience and tips!
Congratulations on passing!!! đ
honest view ,very informative , thanks for sharing :)
Well done for sharing this! I have failed the SYSOPS madness 2 times as well, trying to sit in the exam once at 2 weeks. Passed the 3rd time đ€
I think we should share more about our failures since they are so important and part of our success too. Really appreciate your courage, keep going!
Same situation oh my gosh đ, good luck for the 3rd time, you got this! đȘ Yes I definitely agree, failures are just as important as successes.
@@TechwithLucy thanks, I passed it the 3rd time đ
@@ir4log Oops I didn't see that part haha!
Hello Irina, Do you have any idea? How Exam Labs are being evaluated ? Like it contains 2-3 subsections. If we could not able to complete 1 subsection of it then in that case do we get any points or 0 points for that Exam lab?
Hello from where did u study? Can you please share study material with me of AWS sysops?
Thank you for this video. I passed Developer Associates yesterday with a score of 947 and now I'm going for SysOps Administration by next month's end. Already got Stephane's SysOps material from Udemy. What I got from this video is that I shouldn't be too overconfident and do as much hands on as possible to understand the real case scenarios. I might get errors too and this will help me in troubleshooting. Looking forward to prepare at my best and pass this exam in one go.
Wow thatâs a great score! đ keep it up, and best of luck for SysOps
I have my 1st attempt to the AWS Certificate Developer exam tomorrow. I prepared a lot and worked with AWS as a software engineer for a while, but the more test exams I take, the more I'm aware I just can't memorise it all and it depends on what questions I get. It's uplifting to hear your story because people always talk like they pass AWS certs with no issues at 1st attempt.
Thank you for sharing your experience... was help helpful TC
Great advices! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you đ
Thanks @Lucy . The course " Adrian Cantrill's Course " you mentioned in your video description , The course is very much helpful and I have found this course is the best course . Thanks !!
Yes Iâm using to study for my SA Professional đ great course
@@TechwithLucy Yes really , Great course .
You are our mentor. Thank a lot.
Thanks for sharing with us đ
Thank you for sharing this!
No worries âșïž
thanks, I passed 2 AWS certifications and going for sysops. I was also getting overconfident, after watching this i will take my time and study sysops throughly.
Congrats on passing the 2! Best of luck for SysOps đȘ
Thank you. I found this video helpful.
Very soon I'm planning to give AWS SA exam.
Keep doing such video about cloud technology experience
No worries, glad it helped! Best of luck for the SA exam đȘ let me know how it goes
Thank you for mentioning that FAQs, i just realized most of the questions in exam can be found FAQs.
No worries! Reading FAQs definitely helped in solidifying my knowledge of the core AWS services.
so glad im seeing this!
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Thanks Lucy for the upload. I think I'll hold on till end of the month before booking for the exam and concentrate more on the labs because I haven't done much of them.
Best of luck! đ
@@TechwithLucy Thanks Lucy.
Terrific video. Great reflection
Thank you!
Fantastic video!
Thank you Gwyneth! đ
I too failed twice with 595 and 625 scores :( I could see people sailing in same boat now.. so I am not the only one then thanks for your tips hope I will pass in next attempt
Thank you for sharing, I just failed my SAA-C02. But that's just a temporary failure. The aim is to pass.
Thx for the advice and congratulations. I passed SA02 and also felt confident enough to take SysOps two weeks later, but failed. :(
No worries! You got this!! đȘ
very motivating video! keep making content!
Thank you âșïž New video out soon!
Perfect, thank you
No problem :)
Thanks for sharing! This is very encouraging!
Do you have a video that shows the difference between Solutions Architect vs Sysops Admin? I'm confused and not sure which to take 1st ?
Took the Sysops exam today. Really really hard. I donÂŽt think it is possible for anyone to prepare the exam in one week. The questions were hard and the labs had some obscure topics. Awaiting for my grade now. Thanks Lucy for the advice!
How did it turn out?
Hey Lucy! I'm quite the late bloomer been searching CZcams for some honest AWS reviews thanks for sharing this video. I also recently failed the SysOps Exam Twice and Passed on the Third Attempt, I took it a few months after Cloud Practitioner as a requirement for the Cloud Engineer role I recently obtained, Its definitely not an easy one to tackle expecially with the labs introduced to the exam just recently. Your advice was 100% I was hoping you could help me with Tips for the Associate Developer? I have Foundational Python & Java coding experience. I recently passed the Solutions Architect 2 weeks after the SysOps and trying to jot down a game plan for Associate Developer. Thanks in advance for your Support.
I passed it! Lucy you are the bomb!
Congrats!! âșïž
Love your channel keep it up please !!
Thank you!! Will definitely be making more videos đ
"something fell on the floor' dialogue touched my heart đ
love your video
Thanks, coming from a Microsoft background, the Azure Administrator was also harder than I expected. Hubris đ .
Thanks for sharing your experience . Where do you suggest to get hands on practice or do trouble shooting? Thanks
Youâre welcome! A lot of online courses have lab exercises you can follow along with - Stephane Maarekâs Udemy courses have great ones
Hello Lucy, How Exam Labs are being evaluated ? Like it contains 2-3 subsections. If we could not able to complete 1 subsection of it then in that case do we get any points or 0 points for that Exam lab?
4:36
what could be the potential reason when the service goes down? (something fell down)
Hahaha
Thank you for your vidéo. You will pass it next time.
Passed! :)
Thanks I have a Sysops exam coming up will let you know!
Nice! Hope it went well
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Love from the United States!
Youâre welcome!
just pass SAA-C03 & DVA-C02 recently. Aiming for DevOps next, should I take SysOps before DevOps, thx for any suggestion!
Thanks for the great tips- Any good practice tests you can recommend for the SysOps Certification?
Yep Jon Bonso / Tutorials Dojo ones are good!!
@@TechwithLucy thanks!
AWS sysops will have a new exam coming 2021 Q3. You get to do a cloud based project for the exam as well for it.
This should be a game changer
Definitely, looking forward to hearing how people find it đ
Just passed with 943 on the first try- thanks for the great video & tips!
Wow thatâs amazing!! Huge congrats đđ
@@TechwithLucy Your video inspired me to over-prepare- thanks!
what the best placed for doing hands on labs in your opinion
great stuff, what hands on labs do you use? what would you recommend for AWS ? I am used to qwiklabs but that is mainly for GCP . thanks
Thanks! I followed on with labs in the Udemy course! (Link in description)
Hi
I'm not interested in coding / programming which certification should I go for in aws?
Jon Bonso's Practise Text in udemy is 60 dollars, but in tutorialDojo its way less.
What are the differences?
Thank you for your sharing. How could you find your lab exercises?
No worries! I followed the lab exercises from Stephane Maarek's Udemy course here: www.udemy.com/course/ultimate-aws-certified-sysops-administrator-associate/
I'm waiting for my result, there is not pass or fail in the screen for the C02, you have to wait for your result, the message say 5 business days, but the SOA-C02 was a nightmare, it requieres a lot but a lot of hand on experience, most of the questions ask for details like the specific name of an configuration option, sometimes thats is the only difference between an answer and other, if your don't know that little detail, there is no way to know which answer is more possible, i've been working with aws for 2 years and still was not enough, especially the parts related with AWS organization, sometimes you got almost exactly the same 4 answers except for a little detail changed, sometime all the 4 answer are correct, but you have to choose base on cost, or performance, or availability, so be careful reading those details in the questions, it was plenty in multiple choice questions, and the multiple choice are all or nothing, the labs were easy, and i got and issue saving a configuration, i got a insufficient right message in the aws lab account, i had to close and open the browser of the lab to save my changes to the environment.
In my case , i'm not english native, so they give me extra 30 minutes, even when i got 220 minutes to do the exam, i just leave it with 10 minutes, tired, and the worst i will have 5 night without sleep thinking in the grade because as i told you, there is not Pass or fail immediately on the screen as in the aws developer or architect.
Please suggest any AWS sysOps book which I should buy?
Congrats!
Thanks, appreciate it :)
I failed my Sysops exam today, I passed my Solutions Architect in the first try with good score and used 50% voucher to schedule my Syops. And now i failed on top of it, I have to pay the entire $150 next time. I am totally broken
Noo đą So sorry to hear that. All the best for your next attempt
Thanks so much.
Question: Can i pass aws sysops if i have No before experience in sysops
And now only learn aws sysops
Are these different sysops ans aws sysops
Please Answer
Thanks
I bit confused which need to take exam solution architect or Ops admin
Hi there, I tried for AWS Solution Architect Associate Exam twice and in the first attempt I got my result as "invalidate" . One of my colleague told that if you have any previous attempts with result as invalidate then we are not eligible to take up further AWS exams. Could you confirm whether it's true? If so, letme know what should I do to become eligible again? Please help me with this. Thankyou!
I failed twice as well now.. My free tier expired and I'm not sure how I am going to practice..
I just completed my graduation I'm interested in AWS from where I have to start ....? Any suggestions
Yesterday I took my first AWS exam(Developer associate) and I think I failed it even though I prepared for about 3 month. In such period you were able to pass 3 certification exams. WOW. I feeling such a looser now.
Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who somebody else is today.
@@mikemeetstec I totally agree. By the way, turns out I passed that interviewđđ. At lowest points of our emotions, we tend to forget these things, doesn't it? Anyways, you're right đ
I have a doubt as to what happens if you fail any aws exam ...should we pay the whole money again or will we get any attempts to clear the exam ?
Congrats on passing!
Thank you! :))
Than you for advices.
I've 3 month to prepare aws sysops exam.
I dont have any practice possibility if not WhizLab material.
I study a chapter and after i start the labs.
When i will finish all chapters, i will do a complete simulation..
Good luck to me đ
No worries!! Goodluck for the exam! Hope you make the most out of the 3 months đȘ
Nice video! Any tips for the Developer Exam? I will try to pass this exam in this weekend but still not feeling confident enough
Best of luck!! I found a lot of overlap in content between SA and Developer - do a few more practice exams and try to fill any gaps in your knowledge before the exam!
@@TechwithLucy Hey, Thanks! I just did it!! Passed today on Associate Developer Exam. Tried some practice exams and worked the "weak spots" (before you commented hehe)
Now I just need to do some researches in order to decide between SA or DevOps Professional exam! (:
So great to hear!! đ congrats
Please share study guide/link...which videos you referred for study?
Yup itâs in the video description đ
What was your approach for note-taking while studying for AWS exams?
I wrote my notes by hand because I find it to be better for memory!
Besides the AWS certifications are there any other IT certifications you are aiming to pass ?
Not for now! Mainly focusing on AWS Certifications :)
Referred ACloudGuru Sysops course materials and labs but failed the exam today with only 680 marks. Would you suggest any other material?
Iâd suggesting trying Stephane Marrekâs udemy course! And tutorials dojoâs practice questions
If you do a lot of practice exams like 500-600 practice questions, even if do memorise answers, it will work
Haha potentially! But then youâd forget about the concepts really quickly since itâs rote learning.
@@TechwithLucy Yes I did this in AWS Solutions Architect with practice questions and barely passed.đđđ
The road to success is always paved with failures.
Agreed
Hey Lucy, Will the Stephane Maarek's Udemy Course work for SysOps Certification CO-2 as well as it has labs included in the exam?
Hello! Iâm not too familiar with CO-2 but the labs in his course will definitely help! When you do practice questions, just remember to do ones that have been tailored for CO-2đ
@@TechwithLucy Sure, I am preparing for the SysOps cert directly. Should I complete SAA before going to SysOps? I am working as a intern in Cloud DevOps currently.
Definitely go for SAA before SysOps, it will help a lot in preparing you for SysOps and will be an easier exam to start with
@@TechwithLucy Thankyou đ
For the new version of SYS OPS exam can you tell us how to prepare for the new hands on lab questions ?
Iâm not too sure about the new sysops exam, since I did the old version! đ
@@TechwithLucy okay
*Hey Lucy, i have question for you*
If a person has a certification in either one of the following AWS, GCP, Azure, can he/she join it's competitor's company on basis of that certification??
Hi Syed, the certification will still be helpful! Although the cloud providers all have different services, getting any cloud certification will demonstrate your interest and foundation knowledge of cloud computing concepts
@@TechwithLucy Thanks you for the response
*One last question* , for a layman like Non-Computer science background, how long does it take to get a certification in any domain of *AWS*
Hello Lucy.. nice video sharing your journey.. unrelated question on how you make your videos do u use any script prompters how did u add captions...could you pls share.. i cleared SAA in Dec20 and now plng either SysOps or Security Speciality.. going thru Stage 1 ( online courses)..thanks for sharing
Thank you!
I used to write entire scripts haha, but now just focus on covering the main dot points. Captions are automatically generated by CZcams :)
Great! Good luck on SysOps/Security certification đ let me know how you go
Hi Lucy,
I have cleared Solution Architect Associate and now planning to take sysops. I wanted to know will it be enough to clear the exam if I do all the practise tests from on bonso, Stephan and neal davis, I ll also go through FAQs, is there anything else I should refer to or this will be enough???
If youâre consistently scoring above 80% in practice exams, I think youâll be in a really good position to pass đ
â@@TechwithLucy This motivated me! Thank you so much!!!
Update: Cleared the exam with 895 score, Thank you so much for your tips!
@@sagartalwaray8670 thatâs amazing wow!! Huge congratulations đ
@@TechwithLucy Thank you so much!!đđ
what else to learn with aws certification to get a job?
my most recent video covers this :))
i personally feel the udemy course and practice exams are insufficient , Can you suggest any other sources to prepare
Hands-on labs + aws projects!
is Solution Architecture the least of the choices when it comes to programming? and what programming language is prefer to use in AWS?
python. aws is based on boto3 library which is python.
@@bhremhernandonecio407 thank you very much. im not lost. :) currently studying python :)
What are the prerequisite for the sysops exam
No pre-requisites! AWS website has ârecommended experienceâ but anyone can take the test
@@TechwithLucy So, after CCP I can go for sysops administrator associate,is that right lucy?
@@joebenfrancis6251 yep correct!
Would you kindly tell me ,is there any prerequisites AWS certification to get into sysopps exam please?
No prerequisites :)
However, it will be beneficial to get the SAA cert first - to learn the basics
i love that
Thank you Areem! đ
is there any other practice exam on udemy to look other than jojo
?
Digital Cloud Training / Neal Davis practice exams are also pretty good
Thanks lucy!
hey does stephane course is enough for exam?
Is it possible to get job with this certificates?
These AWS certifications can definitely help - it shows employers you have foundational knowledge and interest in Cloud Computing. However, certifications alone might not be enough, depending on the type of job you are looking for. I recommend reading job descriptions of the roles you are interested in and see what qualifications/skills are preferred :)
i am already demotivated, because you took 3 exam's in 3 month and i am still preparing for developer associate exam and its been 1 month since i started to preparing for that)
It takes guts to make a video and acknowledge your failures. You've earned yourself a subscriber for your honesty.
Go Get the Next Certification Lucy!
Yep itâs kinda daunting đ Iâm so glad many people benefited and resonated with this video, so it was definitely worth making
I found it frustrating that there were tons of content to be memorized for saa002 XD, even I had passed cloud practitioner
Same I found saa002 a lot harder than cloud practitioner! Iâd recommend focusing on the understanding how each service works by using it, so that you can limit the amount you have to memorise
I failed two time in Aws associate One of bad day in Lyf
holly crab, you just speedrun AWS. feel bad about myself now
Cleared the SysOps certification in Feb'23 with 3 weeks of preparation! Exam was easier than Developer associate exam! I got very limited number of multi-answer questions. Very few questions had long text / long answer choices. The 3 labs took close to 60 minutes.
Are you a sysops currently at amazon? and whats a typical day of duties for you?
Solutions architect!
@@TechwithLucy thatâs awesome, congrats. So you have like a current video talking about the salary of a solutions architect? Curious on salary range
I have no IT experience @ all. I am just an Graduate. Plz comment me ASAP.
I would recommend starting off with the cloud practitioner course, itâs a good intro to cloud computing
I would recommend starting off with the cloud practitioner course, itâs a good intro to cloud computing
I failed twice at 664 , hoping for best next haha cheers
Best of luck for the next one!
@@TechwithLucy hi there again! Thank you I passed sysops this morning !! I have only cloud practitioner and sysops certs done do you think I can pass solutions architect and developer certs with my current knowledge after passing sysops or it requires more learning ? Cheers thank you for answer
@@ivartheboneless5636 great work!! đ I would recommend still studying for solutions architect and developer cert mainly for your own learning - since it gives 2 more perspectives of how aws services are used to help customers :)
However, if you want to optimise money and time spent studying, maybe go through the AWS official practice exams for the certs and any free online questions! That way you can see if you have all the required knowledge - and then studying specifically for things you didnât end up learning from SysOps.
Hope this helps!
failed today with 707 and 2 weeks revision!! lol lesson learnt
All the best for the next attempt!