I took my time as my background is Marketing/Logistics and not IT, DevOps and Infrastructure.
I started with AWS at zero. Absolute zero. I didn't know what networking was in the traditional world, let alone the AWS world. So it was a long journey to get my head around all the concepts. I knew this going into it and was realistic that I wasn't going to be competing with my experienced colleagues.
I got started in September 2018 with a shiny new AWS account and no experience, wrote plenty of blog posts to lock in the knowledge along the way and sat the Cert in November 2019.
Thanks Ben!
I took my time as my background is Marketing/Logistics and not IT, DevOps and Infrastructure.
I started with AWS at zero. Absolute zero. I didn't know what networking was in the traditional world, let alone the AWS world. So it was a long journey to get my head around all the concepts. I knew this going into it and was realistic that I wasn't going to be competing with my experienced colleagues.
I got started in September 2018 with a shiny new AWS account and no experience, wrote plenty of blog posts to lock in the knowledge along the way and sat the Cert in November 2019.
These are the resources I used to get there:
AWS Series: The Journey to Certification
Helen Anderson ・ Aug 28 '18 ・ 1 min read
Next stop is probably going to be the Database or Analytics specialty as this is more in line with my day job.