PCAP: Exam Passed. Certified Associate in Python Programing training tips and lessons learned.

Today I passed the PCAP exam PCAP-31-03 (Old versions: PCAP-31-02 & PCAP-31-01) for the Certified Associate in Python Programming certification.

In this video I share my experiences along with study tips and training material.

[jeremiahwolfe]

VERY IMPORTANT!!! I forgot to mention in the video. If you complete the Python Institute's course, you get a voucher for 50% off the exam. That's ~$150 savings. Totally worth doing!

[stephencurry]

I PASSED! THANK GOD! I got exactly 70%. The test started off easy and it got very challenging slowly by slowly. Some questions were very confusing. Make sure to read your questions twice and thrice if you don't understand them.

[myay]

Thanks for the information video, and congrats on the baby!

[hitfan]

I just passed the PCAP exam today with a score of 77% (I skipped PCEP). I actually found it quite difficult--even moreso compared to some AWS exams that I've taken in the past.

But you know what? The fact that it's difficult means that it has that much more value than something that's comparable to a certificate of completion. So I'm proud that I was challenged and that I persevered in spite of that.

[ashyann]

Passed the PCAP exam Saturday :) got 85% - congrats on passing your exam too!

[wzhao]

Thanks a lot for sharing, Jeremiah! and glad mom and baby are OK!

[johnojj]

Cheers Jeremiah, another useful video. I’m currently retraining from mechanical engineering to IT (hopefully networks). Your videos help get me back on track if I’m procrastinating, like an on demand study/focus group. Thanks again.

[TradeCash-cnso]

Thank u Jeremiah u really helped me coz I was in the middle of nowhere until I watched this. Honestly Open Edge is for something else, I couldn't understand much. I passed my exam PCEP 1 with 94%

[FrankDOTtv]

Thanks man! Specially for someone who is doing the python mta exam, then was thinking of going gor pcap. Much success

[datpspguy]

First and foremost, I hope your son is doing well now as well as your wife. Second, thanks for sharing, I'm moving from javascript into python to focus on ML and have been prepping for the PCAP and this video was helpful on how to go about prepping vs any other Professional level certs I've done in the past.

[watersdatascience]

Hey Jeremiah, I agree with you. Not sure why the Python Institute's systems and methods are so... subpar. I also don't feel that a timed exam is what our metric should be when evaluating a coder and their aptitude level. It almost feels like this would be more valuable if it was based on complex case study style implementations that required certain syntax elements rather than a "quizlet" style pop quiz.

[pan]

Wow i also just got my PCAP-31-02 on 21 March 2021 .. really glad I manage to pass it even though I am not Computer Science background. manage to get 82%.

[renatorobles]

¡You got Python certified awesome! 👏👏❤️👍👍

[alisado]

congratulation for your pass. Thanks for sharing your experience with exams :)

[ExcitedLotus]

This is a very accurate description. I had the same experience with the test.

[kevinhughes]

Congrats! Great breakdown thanks for sharing

[mazimnwafor]

I stumbled over your video about a week prior to my PCEP exam and your advise was priceless and spot on hence I had to go back to revise the PCEP course and go through the practice questions set by the Python institute.

I adhered to the same study and practice pattern for the PCAP ensuring that I covered the Python institute's PCAP syllabus.
I scored 78% and 88% for the PCEP and PCAP respectively.

Thank you very much!

[parnianrezaei]

I loved your video. So honest and accurate. Thank you very much.

[capuche]

I have to take this test in the next 6 months 😔, I was looking for information and I found your channel, you got a new subscriber 😁

[anouaralaoui]

Keep up posting your inspiring videos. Thanks Jeremiah !