14/08/24

AWS Cloud Practitioner

After 2 months, I am writing here again to say that I was studying for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification and yesterday I took the exam and passed it. After thinking about a date several times, I decided to schedule it for 8/13/24. I had my doubts about whether I was going to pass it or not, if it was going to be difficult, if it was going to be easy, I read posts on Reddit from people who passed it, failed it, they said it was easy, that it was difficult, that it was better to go directly for the Solutions Architect Associate. But I decided to take this exam since I had no previous experience with AWS, nor with cloud concepts, so I consider that it was a good decision to have taken it, since it gave me an understanding of what it is like to take an online certification, what type of questions I will encounter and what I can and cannot do while I am taking the exam. In addition to, obviously, the AWS knowledge that I acquired.
I decided to take it in English for several reasons, one was because all the study material I used was in English, another reason was that since I am not a native English speaker, they offer you 30 extra minutes (I ended up not using them, I had 32 minutes left) and lastly, it was to challenge myself to do something I had never done before in a language that is not my own, so I took the exam in English and also, the proctor who spoke to me before starting the exam also spoke English.
I feel that it was a challenge for me and passing the exam gave me motivation to continue with the Solutions Architect Associate, I know that it is more difficult and will take me more time but with study and perseverance it can be achieved.