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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The IT Certification Megathread: Straight Outta CompTIA
 
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sinequanon01
Oct 20, 2017

BaseballPCHiker posted:

I took the 2019 AWS SA exam and really enjoyed studying for it. I took the cheap ACloudGuru course through Udemy. Just watching that and doing labs was enough for me to pass it.

Has anyone hear taken the more network focused AWS exam? That might be what I go for next if its worth anything.

I have 5 AWS certs (2 associate, 1 pro, 2 specialty). Networking was by far the most difficult one I’ve taken based on the technical depth of the subject matter. If you don’t have any experience with Direct Connect (which is nearly impossible to lab) you’re going to have a rough time with it.

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sinequanon01
Oct 20, 2017

BaseballPCHiker posted:

Did you have a strong networking background at all?

Maybe I will rethink my plans. I work as network engineer and killed the sections of the SA exam that had to do with VPCs. But I have 0 Direct Connect experience and my day to day networking work is much much more in the layer 2 side of things than layer 3.

Five years as a network engineer/architect prior to joining AWS. Strong infrastructure background prior to that. If you’re serious about AWS certification I highly recommend chasing the SA Pro. It’s a really tough exam and will likely take you further than any of the specialties.

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