AWS Certification Roadmap 2026: Paths, Tradeoffs, and More
The definitive 2026 AWS certification roadmap covering all 12 active certs, the five canonical paths, salary data, renewal strategy, and order-of-operations tradeoffs.
April 2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide: What to Study and What to Skip
A focused CLF-C02 study guide covering the four exam domains by weight, what to prioritize, what to deprioritize, and how to avoid over-preparing for the wrong content.
AWS Developer Associate Study Strategy: From Zero to Certified
A practical DVA-C02 study strategy covering the exam's toughest domains — serverless, deployment, security — and how developers should approach AWS-specific patterns.
AWS Exam Question Patterns: How to Read Scenarios Correctly
Seven qualifiers that determine correct AWS exam answers, common trap patterns, and a reading approach that converts knowledge into correct answers on scenario-based questions.
AWS DevOps Engineer Professional: What Separates Passers from...
An honest look at why DOP-C02 has a 40-50% failure rate, what knowledge gaps cause most failures, and the preparation approach that actually works.
AWS VPC Networking Concepts Every AWS Cert Candidate Must Master
VPC mastery for AWS exams: subnets, route tables, NAT, security groups, NACLs, endpoints, peering, Transit Gateway, and hybrid connectivity patterns.
AWS Solutions Architect Professional: How to Prepare Without...
A structured SAP-C02 study approach covering the hardest AWS exam's four domains, what gets tested, and how to build the architectural judgment the exam demands without exhausting yourself.
AWS Solutions Architect Associate: The Domains That Matter Most
A domain-by-domain breakdown of SAA-C03 showing which topics carry the most weight, where candidates fail, and what to prioritize in your study plan.
How to Use AWS Free Tier Labs to Prepare for Any AWS Exam
A practical guide to AWS Free Tier lab preparation — what's actually free, how to avoid bill surprises, and specific lab architectures that improve exam performance for SAA-C03, DVA-C02, and SOA-C02.
AWS SysOps Administrator: The Trickiest Exam in the Associate Tier
Why SOA-C02 has the lowest pass rate of all AWS associate exams, what makes it harder than SAA-C03, and how to prepare for its unique lab component.
March 2026
Renewing AWS Certifications: What Changes Between Exam Versions
How AWS exam versioning works, what actually changed between CLF-C01 and CLF-C02, SAA-C02 and SAA-C03, and how to study efficiently for renewal without re-learning content that hasn't changed.
AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 vs Solutions Architect Associate:...
CLF-C02 or SAA-C03 first? A 2026 decision framework comparing difficulty, cost, hiring signal, and ROI for five candidate profiles.