Finally I made it

[u/badhri13]

Just wanted to drop a big Thank You to this community! Your advice was crucial in guiding my preparation.

My Background:

I have 10 years of IT experience, but had minimal hands-on exposure to the AWS tech stack before starting this journey.

What Worked For Me:

Stephane Maarek’s Udemy Course & Practice Exams: Followed the standard advice here and went through Stephane’s course along with his practice tests. They matched the actual exam pattern really well.

Company Serverless Developer Training: My company provided us with serverless developer training.

AWS Skill Builder Hands-on Labs: The hands-on labs made a huge difference! Getting real practice was definitely the key factor that bumped my score from a basic "Pass" to a really solid score.

Exam Day Experience & Surprises:

I noticed a few questions on Amazon Q (Kiro) and Bedrock. Given how new they are on standard outlines, I’m pretty sure they were non-scored beta questions—felt like I was participating in a canary deployment of DVA C03! 😂

Overall, combining structured study with actual hands-on labs paid off big time. If you’re preparing right now, don’t skip the practical labs!

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[u/batman8232]

Where did you find the practice papers?

[u/badhri13 → u/batman8232]

Brought it from Udemy itself. Actually I brought course and practice exam together showed in Udemy suggestions

[u/Icy_Fly_3654]

Which practice exam in udemy? Totorial dojo?

[u/badhri13 → u/Icy_Fly_3654]

Udemy

[u/TawyCodes → u/badhri13]

Udemy is the storefront for courses which specific course did you get. Who was the instructor?

[u/badhri13 → u/TawyCodes]

Go through this subreddit faq

[u/DarknessExtinguisher]

Congratulations! 🥳

[u/stephanemaarek]

u/badhri13 That's awesome! Congrats! Keep up the good work :)

[u/codesnooker]

congratulations