Understanding AWS Cloud Principles and Key CharacteristicsUnderstanding AWS Cloud Principles and Key Characteristics
A question frequently comes about how many months you should study before sitting down for the exam. At least look that into hours instead of months.As you can imagine, you will be able to take the exam a lot sooner if you study 2 hours every day instead of only studying 1 hour a week. If you decide to take some AWS-sponsored intensive full-day or multi-day training, that may go a long way toward shortening the cycle.One way to optimize your time is instead of watching the videos, you can listen to them in the car or while on the train going into the city. Even though watching them is much more beneficial, you can still embed key concepts while listening to them, and that time would have been dead time anyway.You don’t want to space the time between study sessions too much. If you do that, you may find yourself in a situation where you start forgetting what you have learned. The number of hours it will take you will also depend on your previous experience. If you are working with AWS for your day job, that will shorten the number of hours needed to complete your studies.The following subsections will give you an idea of the amount of time you should spend preparing for each exam.
Be prepared to spend anywhere from 15 to 25 hours preparing to complete this certification.
If you don’t have previous AWS experience, plan to spend between 70 and 100 hours preparing. Also, keep in mind that there is considerable overlap between the other certifications once you pass one of the associate certifications. It will not take another 70 to 100 hours to obtain the second and third certifications. As mentioned in this chapter, it is highly recommended to take the two other associate-level certifications soon after passing the first one.Expect to spend another 20 to 40 hours studying for the two remaining certifications if you don’t wait too long to take them after passing the first one.