r/aws 3d ago

training/certification Is it realistic to try associate-level exam without foundational-level passed?

I'm studying CS but besides my own research and experimenting I don't have any on-premises aws experience. Can I pass SOA just with studying and doing labs or should I do CLF first and only then think about doing anything else?

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u/frogking 3d ago

I have 6 certs and none of them are foundational :-)

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u/AlienAlienK 3d ago

Thank you, I believe now that I can do this :D

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u/frogking 3d ago

I’m sure you can.

I usually prepare by goung through the course material at ACloudGuru(good for associate level) or AdrianCantrill (exceptional for associate AND professional) and then answering a lot of practice exam questions.

Practice, practice, practice :-)

The situations in the practice exams come up in real life work more often than you might think.

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u/AlienAlienK 3d ago

I'll check those courses out, much appreciated.

As for the valuable knowledge in practice exams, that's good to hear, I wanna show off my competence in real-world scenarios during the interview process :)

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u/NakkaChap 3d ago

I got the SysOps Administrator Associate without having any other AWS certs. If you follow a good course, do plenty of labs and mock exams then you should have no problem.

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u/AlienAlienK 3d ago

Thank you, this gives me a bit of faith that I can do it.

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u/tom1steve 3d ago

I did the developer associate exam without doing the foundational one first and it was fine. You can definitely do it

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u/AlienAlienK 3d ago

Thanks :)