Learning Paths are a great way to plan your way toward your Cloud professional goals! Below you'll find a breakdown of each learning path to help you choose which path is right for you!
Table of Contents:
1. AWS Architect
2. AWS Data & Machine Learning
3. AWS Developer
4. AWS DevOps
5. AWS Security
6. AWS Executive and Business
There are many IT Roles. If you are new to IT consider 1st where you will be most productive, and therefore happiest and most profitable. Once you have identified a couple of roles that will suit you best, pick a learning path that will take you in the right direction.
AWS Architect
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-architect
This Architect path will help you understand the ecosystem that makes up the Cloud. Not sure how different services interact with each other or how to make the best of use of them? No worries! This path with six (6) certification will help you get there to ensure you're ready for the day-to-day needs of a Cloud Architect.
Six Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Associate, AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional, AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty
Consists of The Following in Order:
Novice
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'The Cloud is a Scam | Corey Quinn', and 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
Sign up for an AWS Account
- Supplemental: 'Create an AWS Billing Alert', and 'Identity Access Management Checklist'
Apprentice
AWS Certification Preparation Guide
Introduction to CLI
- Supplemental: 'CLI Basics Part 1', 'CLI Basics Part 2', and 'CLI: Glob and Expand'
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH)', 'Networking: Subnets and CIDR', 'AWS CLI: Getting Started', and 'AWS CLI: Profiles'
Python for Beginners
Coding for Cloud 101
- Supplemental: 'ACG re:acts to re:Invent 2019 – Mark Nunnikhoven'
Practitioner
Rethinking Architecture in the Age of Truly Commoditized Compute | James Simmons
AWS Cost Control
Introduction to AWS CloudFormation
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to GIT', 'Git Branches', and 'Git Log, Show and Diff'
Introduction to Amazon RDS
S3 Masterclass
- Supplemental: '#101 - Securing S3'
Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Supplemental: 'Application Load Balancer'
Introduction to Machine Learning
- Supplemental: '107 - Does Twitter Hate Cats?', and '#101 - What is the DeepRacer?'
Introduction to AppSync
Docker Fundamentals
Professional
AWS Security Best Practices
- Supplemental: '#6 - The Sky Is Falling, Run! | Mark Nunnikhoven'
#109 - Your Very Own API
#108 - Let the Free Times Roll
The Complete Serverless Course
- Supplemental: 'AS400/Mainframe to Serverless | David Wilson', and 'Building Resilient Serverless Systems with Non-Serverless Components | Jeremy Daly'
AWS Business Essentials
- Supplemental: 'Demonstrating ROI: Convincing the VCs/Bosses to Invest in Serverless | MJ Ramachandran'
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
- Supplemental: 'Git Merge', 'Git Merge Conflicts', and 'Git Remotes'
Hands on with AWS Redshift: Table design
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- Supplemental: 'Essentials for Windows Administrators on AWS', and 'Automating AWS with Python'
Guru
Advanced AWS CloudFormation
- Supplemental: '#111 - Soda-Theft Detection Device'
Amazon Dynamo DB - From Beginner to Pro
Kubernetes Deep Dive
- Supplemental: '#112 - How to Turn on a Lamp from Anywhere in the World'
AWS Code Deploy
- Supplemental: 'Avoiding Work: Architecting for serverless efficiency | Ryan Scott Brown'
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS Data
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-data
Like the rising sea, the growing flood of data can drown those who aren't prepared. When you walk the Data Path, you will learn the shamanic ways of mastering the data tides. On this path of discovery, we cover everything from databases and data lakes to tooling, migration, Machine Learning to squeeze insight from data, and data management best practises.
Six Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Specialty - Big Data, AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional, AWS Certified Specialty - Machine Learning
Consists of The Following in Order:
Novice
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
#103 - Machine Learning
Apprentice
AWS Certification Exam Prep Guide
- Supplemental: 'Networking: Subnet and CIDR' and 'Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH)'
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: 'AWS CLI: Getting Started', 'AWS CLI: Profiles', and 'CLI: Glob and Expand'
Introduction to Amazon RDS
Coding for Cloud 101
- Supplemental: 'Python for Beginners'
Introduction to Machine Learning
Practitioner
Serverless for Beginners
Hands on with AWS Redshift: Table Design
- Supplemental: '#110 - AWS Database Migration Service'
AWS Certified Developer Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework
AWS Cost Control
Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks
- Supplemental: '#106 - Amazon SageMaker', and '#206 - Recommendation Engines with ML Ops'
Professional
AWS Security Best practice
Building Resilient Serverless Systems with 'Non-Serverless' components
S3-Masterclass
AWS DynamoDB - From Beginner to Pro
AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty
AWS Business Essentials
Guru
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- Supplemental: 'Rethinking Architecture in the age of truly commoditized compute'
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Speciality
- Supplemental: '#208 - Angry Ferret Detector', and ' #101 - What is the DeepRacer?'
AWS Developer
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-developer
The Developer Path will guide you through all the topics you know you need to know about public Cloud, and illuminate some you don't (know you need to know). From Managed Services and traditional monolithic stacks to Serverless, we will show you the way.
Four Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
Consists of The Following in Order:
Novice
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'The Cloud is a Scam | Corey Quinn', and 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
Sign Up for an AWS Account
- Supplemental: 'Create an AWS Billing Alert', and 'Identity Access Management Checklist on AWS'
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
Sign Up for an AWS Account
- Supplemental 'Create an AWS Billing Alert' and 'Identity Access Management Checklist on AWS'
Introduction to CLI
- Supplemental: 'CLI Basics Part 1' ,'CLI Basics Part 2', and 'Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH)'
AWS Certification Exam Prep Guide
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: 'Networking: Subnets and CIDR', 'AWS CLI: Getting Started', and 'AWS CLI: Profiles'
Python for Beginners
Serverless Developers are Developers | Linda Nichols
Serverless for Beginners - Build a Video Sharing App
- Supplemental: 'Building Resilient Serverless Systems with Non-Serverless Components | Jeremy Daly'
Practitioner
Coding for Cloud 101
- Supplemental: 'Avoiding Work: Architecting for serverless efficiency | Ryan Scott Brown'
Introduction to Git
- Supplemental: 'Git Branches', 'Git log, Show and Diff', Git Remotes', Git Merge', and 'Git Merge Conflicts'
Introductions to Amazon RDS
AWS Lambda
AWS Certified Developer Associate
- Supplemental: 'AWS Cost Control', and 'Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework'
Introduction to AWS CloudFormation
- Supplemental: '#108 - Let the Free Times Roll', and '#109 - Your Very Own API'
The Complete Serverless Course
Create a Serverless Portfolio with AWS and React
- Supplemental: '#106 - Locatotron 70', and '#107 - Does Twitter Hate Cats?'
Professional
AWS CodeDeploy
- Supplemental: '#108 - Let the Free Times Roll', and '#109 - Your Very Own API'
Certified Solutions Architect Associate
- Supplemental: '#204 Auto-Blacklist the Automatons'
The Serverless Framework with GraphQL
Kubernetes Deep Dive
- Supplemental: 'Docker Fundamentals', and A'WS ECS - Scaling Docker'
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS Business Essentials
- Supplemental: 're:Invent 2019 – Mark Nunnikhoven', and 'Demonstrating ROI: Convincing the VCs/Bosses to Invest in Serverless | MJ Ramachandran'
Guru
Advanced AWS CloudFormation
S3 Masterclass
- Supplemental: 'The Sky Is Falling, Run! | Mark Nunnikhoven'
AWS DevOps
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-devops
When you embark on the DevOps Path, you will learn how to merge development and operations, work more efficiently, react faster, take advantage of automation, and unleash the power of Infrastructure as Code. The world as you know it is an illusion. The barrier between development and operations is a construct of limited minds. Learn to see the world beneath the world, open the barrier, and tap into the time- and effort-warping abilities of DevOps.
Six Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Associate, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Certified DevOps Professional, AWS Certified Network - Specialty
Consists of The Following in Order:
Novice
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
Sign Up for an AWS Account
- Supplemental: 'Create an AWS Billing Alert', and 'Identity Access Management Checklist on AWS'
Devops in a Serverless World | John Willis
Introduction to CLI
- Supplemental: 'CLI Basics Part 1', 'CLI Basics Part 2', and 'Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH)'
Apprentice
AWS Certification Exam Prep Guide
- Supplemental: 'Networking: Subnet and CIDR', and 'CLI: Glob and Expand'
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: 'AWS CLI: Getting Started', and 'AWS CLI: Profiles'
Coding for Cloud 101
Introduction to Git
- Supplemental: 'Git Branches', 'Git Log, Show and Diff', 'Git Remotes', 'Git Merge', and 'Git Merge Conflicts'
AWS: Remote Login with Session Manager
Practitioner
Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Certified Solutions Architect Associate
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Amazon RDS', 'Introduction to Amazon RDS', and '#101 - Securing S3'
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to AWS CloudFormation', and 'Automating AWS with Python'
Serverless for Beginners - Build a Video Sharing App
Basic Chef Fluency Badge
Introduction to Ansible
AWS ECS - Scaling Docker
- Supplemental: 'Docker Fundamentals'
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Professional
AWS CodeDeploy
The Complete Serverless Course
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
Guru
Kubernetes Deep Dive
- Supplemental 'The Complete Serverless Course'
S3 Masterclass
AWS Security
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-security
The public cloud is very secure, but even the most impregnable fortress can be infiltrated. An unseen backdoor, an unwatched gate, a secret passage can lead to a data breach. Those brave enough to follow the Security Path will learn to defend their clouds through secure protocols, data encryption, specialized data classifications and best practices, including how to navigate between cost, security, and complexity.
This path includes four certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
NOVICE
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Cloud Computing'
Sign Up for an AWS Account
- Supplemental: 'Create an AWS Billing Alert'
A Starter's Guide to Identity and Access Management
- Supplemental: 'Identity Access Management Checklist on AWS'
Apprentice
Introduction to CLI
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH)'
CLI Basics PT 1
CLI Basics PT 2
AWS Certification Exam Prep Guide
- Supplemental: 're:Invent 2019 – Mark Nunnikhoven'
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: 'AWS CLI: Getting Started', 'AWS CLI: Profiles', and 'Networking: Subnets and CIDR'
#101 - Amazon Macie
#107 Amazon GuardDuty
Practitioner
Coding for Cloud 101
Introduction to AWS CloudFormation
- Supplemental: 'Introduction to Git', 'Git Branches', and 'Git Log, Show and Diff'
Introduction to Amazon RDS
AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
- Supplemental: 'Application Load Balancer'
S3 Masterclass
- Supplemental: '#101 - Securing S3'
#109- Your Very Own API
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework
AWS Security Best Practices
Professional
Serverless for Beginners- Build a Video Sharing App
- Supplemental: '#6 - The Sky Is Falling, Run! | Mark Nunnikhoven'
AWS CodeDisplay
AWS Systems Manager Session Manager
- Supplemental: 'AWS: Remote Login with Session Manager'
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Event Driven Security
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
Guru
AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional
AWS Executive and Business
** Only available for Business Membership members **
https://learn.acloud.guru/learning-path/aws-executive
You may not be involved directly in cloud implementation, but you still want to understand what's going on and how it affects your business! The Executive and Business path will help you keep up when the devs and engineers really get going. This high-flying journey will teach you broad overviews of Cloud concepts. Once completed, we're sure you will appreciate the challenges your business will face in adoption the cloud, understand what is feasible and what's not, and communicate more effectively with your implementation team.
One Certification: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Consists of The Following in Order:
Executive
Introduction to AWS
- Supplemental: re:Invent 2019 – Mark Nunnikhoven, Introduction to Cloud Computing
AWS Business Essentials
- Supplemental: Demonstrating ROI: Convincing the VCs/Bosses to Invest in Serverless | MJ Ramachandran
Jarrod Levitan: Helping Businesses Evolve
Sign Up for an AWS Account
Create an AWS Billing Alert
Identity Access Management Checklist on AWS
- Supplemental: Introduction to Secure Shell (SSH), CLI Basics Part 1, CLI Basics Part 2
Back from the Future: Learnings from Three Years of Serverless | Sam Kroonenburg
Rethinking Architecture in the Age of Truly Commoditized Compute | James Simmons
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Supplemental: An interview with Bob Lautenbach: How Alexa can Revolutionize the Hospitality Industry, Wardley Mapping, The Sky Is Falling, Run! | Mark Nunnikhoven.
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