Solution Architect Certification And Other Certs For A Career In The Cloud or at AWS

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.

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[WinTheCloud]

🚀 Very excited to announce my new course: The Solutions Architect Accelerator Program. An 8-week complete program designed to help you transition to the Solutions Architect role

[unspknthz]

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!

[austinyoo]

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!

[kiseljak]

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!

[farukm]

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.

[slikhe]

Thanks for sharing in a specific and abstract way!

[camilovasquez]

Man, you really have a great way of explaining, thank you so much for sharing!

[simbarasheschizhande]

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

[divijrao]

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.

[MadeinIndia-Vlogs]

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

[marvelrodrigues]

Very inspiring and informative content! Thank you! 👍😁

[lemstryZ]

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

[YourBestFriendforToday]

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

[aaditunni]

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 :)

[HiFiMods]

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 YouTube yet, so we’ll watch the videos, especially if they are delivered naturally, allowing to stay in focus. 👍 Thx!

[dsadasey]

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?

[darkwing]

Thank you for sharing. I’m currently in Support Engineer role at Amazon, looking to transition to AWS. This guide was very helpful.

[franciscomedinav]

Great content. Thank you for you advice .

[cyrick]

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

[oniw]

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?