AI for AWS Certs

I’ve held AWS certifications since 2019, starting with Cloud Practitioner and then working through Solutions Architect Associate, SysOps, Developer Associate, and Solutions Architect Professional within about a year (It was Covid year after all). I recertified the SA Pro in 2023 and passed the AI Practitioner in February this year. The SA Pro is due again, exam’s booked for end of June, so I’m back studying. My study method has been the same every time, which is watch a Stephane Maarek course on Udemy, make notes in OneNote as I go, grind practice exams. The notes are dense and compressed, topics separated by slashes, exam questions dropped in wherever they’re relevant. The formatting is all over the place because it’s written for speed of recall, not for anyone else to read. I’ve used this approach for every cert I’ve passed and never had a reason to change it. ...

March 24, 2026 · 9 min · Kashif Nazir