How To Score 900+ on the AWS Machine Learning Specialty Certification

The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty certification exam is tough! After following a variety of courses and working on many side projects, I recently passed this exam with a score of 932/1000. Here's how you can too.

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Mindset
0:44 My progress
1:47 Learning the fundamentals
3:33 Applying the fundamentals
5:02 Resources for the cert
7:41 Final advice
9:37 Closing remarks

[daikennett]

"You cant just sit infront of the screen watching lectures all day, you need to take on some projects". This is INCREDIBLY true. Really reinvigorated this for me! Also you are 100% correct about the maths.

[kranthikumar]

What is the deadline for this exam?
I enrolled it just today's back only, but didn't find any end date for this process?

[mounicayelchuri]

Hi Patrick .. I have started learning machine learning now .. I have never worked on aws earlier but I want to crack the aws machine learning exam(may be in 1 year) ... please let me know what all certifications/courses on aws needs to be done prior to starting with this course. Thanks in advance!!

[ND-gntc]

Thanks dude! Passed 91% with your tips

Also, I should mention the AWS Academy on your Training and Certification account has free courses and free mock exams.

[NvmThemHereIAm]

Stephane Maarek's courses are really good. Not surprised you mentioned him.

[ParijatKar]

The only guaranteed way to pass AWS ML specialty is -
Read the following books:
1. Tom Mitchell
2. Russel and Norvig
3. Statistical Methods by N G Das

Some past experience with ML Khanna will be advantageous.

[debunker-dwmn]

After watching so many Stephane Maarek's courses for several of my AWS certifications, I can honestly admit that I may not remember any of the certification materials a few years from now, but I will surely remember the phrase "I hope you liked it, and I will see you on the next lecture" for the rest of my life.

[theduffrichie]

Loved the real estate project idea, undertand you are under NDA, can you please guide to about the project perhabs the variable that went into it, the models, t he optimization, how CNN was used ( as u mentioned u have images of houses annd if theres an image of ac then then say is_Ac =1 as a variable ) : may be a github repo link or any direction would be helpful .

[Antnierv]

Thanks for the great content. Currently a SE intern but working on a team with a machine learning project so a lot of AWS and ML is new to me. After I get certified developer associate, I think I will take a similar route as you and complete Ng’s course and Stephane’s course!

[carlosm]

Hello dear Patrick.
Blessings, hope you and dear family are in good health.

So, I would like to get your opinion about this:
I will apply to a Udacity scholarship program, but first need to know what is the main difference between:

1. AWS Machine Learning Engineer Scholarship Program
Program options
Machine Learning Engineer

and

2. AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program?
Program options
AI Programming with Python

Of course, the first one is ML, but the second one says ML, too.

I would like to know if the AWS AI & ML includes all from AWS ML.
So, I have asked to client support, but no answer.

Do you know based on your previous experience?
Greetings!

[dannymuk]

With AWS machine learning speciality, what type of jobs could you go for afterwards? Or what jobs could you potentially get with the ML speciality?

[jimmydhillon]

Thanks for sharing the insights. (just finished 3 aws associate level certs) and now starting this ML journey. ...There is another course by frank kane (ML with Python).. I'll first finish that and then move to Frank kane+Stephane AWS ML course...Targeting March 2021 for exam. Thanks again Patrick.

[meghananddussa]

is this really matter, getting 900+ ?

[manubhadauria]

Thanks Patrick I'll take my time and learn about it and then go for the certification and update my results in future.
Great content and explanation

[UmerQaisar]

Hi @Patrick, Do you recommend directly going towards ML Specialty exam or a foundational exam is a must?

[maitrygajiwala]

Hi Patrick!! Great video!! Thanks for the insights...I have recently passed the Foundational Cloud Practitioner (AWS CLF-02) exam but I have basic knowledge in Machine Learning through my personal projects. Would you recommend me going for this exam if I dont have industry experience?

[fezkhanna]

Awesome video and cheers for the content; although I think math isn’t too important for machine learning. To requote Yann LeCun, “the math of machine learning is sloppy”. If the math of Andrew Ng is too heavy, then switch over to Laurence Marooney on coursera. Machine Learning is easy and its the mathematicians who are complicating it, not the cs blokes.

[MrAshutosh]

Do u suggest giving aws assosiated developer or solution architect certificate before machine learning certificate . I m beginning in aws with CCP .

[TylerSanborn]

Using ML for aiding in price prediction at the internship sounds great as I recall that was an early example in the Andrew Ng course

[ashishk]

I have been working on ML from last 3 years ..I am confident about my ML concept but I have 0 knowledge on AWS
Can I directly take Aws machine learning speciality certification