Hello! I will edit this thread to include links to new exam reports people write up. Please read through these reports to get helpful tips before you sit your exam.
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Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE)
Rob has written very helpful tips about some key topics to study before your exam.
Karlitos wrote about how he leveraged my courses and a few other things (including a strong background with Kubernetes) to achieve the certification in only three days! He then also posted this helpful list of specific things you should know before your exam.
legalph has offered advice on the four biggest topics they saw when clearing their exam.
Anurag described his background and successful path to passing both ACE and PCA in the same week!
Kelvin offers good advice on some areas to study could help you pass your ACE, too.
Shashank pointed out the six key areas of focus he saw on his exam, and how he studied.
Tim lists some very useful key things you must understand before your exam.
More to come!
Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
Keep being awesome, cloud gurus!
Mattias
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Mattias
Thanks Mattias for putting this together, it is very useful … i wonder if something like this could be a best practice for other classes
You’re very welcome! And I will pass along your suggestion! 😁👍
Great compilation Mattias.
Hello Mattias,
I also passed my ACE and PCA this month. In addition to your lists. Here are my learnings.
1. Youtube Channel of "Google Cloud Platforms" is a must. There are playlist there that discuss GCP services and it put emphasis on what is the latest and what is new
2. Decision tree and data flows are sooo important. I saw one that is really good. https://www.gcp.solutions
3. The beta/preview of Acloud Guru ( Google network engineer and Data Engineer course). It added knowledge to the "what if" and covers some information to PCA exams.
Thanks Mattias for the help. #salute.
Preparing for this certification. I hope this thread is still relevant. I’ll appreciate a feedback.
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Thanks Mattias! Great topic! I
😁 I’m glad you’re both getting value from it!
Thanks Mattias!
You’re welcome! 🙂
Amazing post (y)
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I have a small internal Web App on AWS built with AppSync. To get my hands dirty, I’m making a clone of the Web App but using GCP techs (and honestly, Azure too, I want to at least know the differences and options amongst them) I found very useful the SRE book from Google, it helps to understand how it is architected, similar to the AWS Well Architected Framework, so I do recommend that the book and the workbook are used, if you really want to learn and do, not just pass.
Passed the exam today. Thanks for all the information listed.
Thank you Mattias for sharing this important information, it will be very helpful to anyone who is new to Google Cloud Platform.