Solutions Architect Associate vs Sysops Administrator | Which should you take first?

Описание: In a world with limited resources and time, you have a limited number of actions to take
One of these actions could be to take an AWS certification exam to boost your chances of getting a job or helping you get that raise you are looking for
People often try to take the associate exams first for a couple reasons and the Solutions architect associate and sysops associate are two of these options
At the surface level this could seem like an obvious decision to make and you might be thinking why is he making a video about this
You might say that if you want to be a cloud sysadmin or are one take sysops administrator
If you want to be on track to be an architect go for the architect
Well my response to that is it isn't always that simple
Before I go into more details I want to give my usual warning that AWS certifications alone will not get you a job and they are only a bonus thing that might help you get an interview. Actual experience is what gets jobs.
Both of these exams cover a wide variety of topics so to see what you should take we should review what they cover
In my opinion I believe you should have a core understanding of AWS before you decide which certification path you want to go down
Solution architect exam covers a lot of the general cloud topics - EC2, S3, VPC, etc.
You will need to know the basics and a little bit more on the core storage and compute services
SysOps Admin goes into detail and nitty gritty on Logging, VPC with a focus on the hybrid cloud, Lambda, and troubleshooting various services
If you like troubleshooting things and solving problems I would go for the SysOps Admin certification
Another hidden reason I would go for the SysOps Admin cert is that it not nearly as contested
mainly because it is harder
If I was a hiring manager for some tech job and I saw two people who had equal qualifications- one with Solutions Architect Associate and the other with SysOps Admin, I would hire the Sys Ops Admin person
AWS partner program accepts the solutions architect associate certification and not the sysops administrator
Another deciding factor when choosing for which of these certs to go for is to see what kind of jobs are in your area and which certification matches the majority of those jobs
If you are going to do both anyways, Solution Architect might be best to do first since it gives a high level look at AWS while sysops will be more hands on and practical.
At the end of the day not everyone will have the same path that they will take and I can't give you the best answer for you, but I wish you the best of luck in finding your path

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