Want to do an AWS certification..my first venture into cloud..any advice on resources for studying, pitfalls to be careful about etc.?

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There's a udemy course with a guy named Stephane that was really helpful. I'm guessing you're doing the Cloud Practitioner cert first? That one is mostly memorization -- I just did the udemy course and did a couple of practice exams and passed.

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Focus on hands on. Build a project. And don’t chase certifications. More and more companies are realizing that cloud hires who studied to get certified aren’t the best when it comes to designing architecture. Certifications prove you understand the service itself, experience even with your own projects prove that you can actually use it.

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D1 what Reddit’s? And what’s your repo if you don’t mind?

I used acloudguru for the ACP certification

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