Last month I attained my AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification(CSAA). It’s the first certification of my IT career and I’ve learned a lot from the whole experience. When researching the certification I came across a ton of articles talking about how to get it in a few months. I bought into these articles and began my studying thinking that I would finish in three months tops. What I’ve learned is that those articles are hyper misleading. Can you get your CSAA in a month or two? Sure, but don’t expect to do anything outside of work and study. I want to share my thoughts on how us mortal humans can get certified while working a 9–5(or longer) job, having a family, and keeping our pets happy. I linked my badge below to prove not only is this possible but I did it.
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The best way to maintain your lifestyle and get certified is to look at how much time you can commit to studying. AWS recommends around 80–120 hours of studying. Consider how many days and how many hours a day you can study. When figuring this out low ball yourself. It’s easy to think you can study 7 days a week but when you’re knee-deep in DynamoDB documentation on batch put calls memory limits you will regret being ambitious on your time estimate. I fell for this trap and was ambitious with my estimate on how much time I could study a day. My bravado ended up burning me out on studying. I pushed my exam date by about two weeks to take some time off and recover before my last big push of studying.
